For the first time in a while, Joe Biden and Donald Trump are having an indirect debate over job growth. One of them has the facts on his side.
A day later, on Labor Day, his White House successor did something he rarely does: President Joe Biden took aim at Trump’s economic record. ReutersU.S. President Joe Biden on Monday took shots at his likely 2024 rival, Donald Trump, in a Labor Day speech aimed at shoring up support in Pennsylvania, a state he needs to win next year to retain the White House.
. “And, you know, it wasn’t that long ago we were losing jobs in this country. In fact, the guy who held this job before me was just one of two presidents in history that left office with fewer jobs in America than when he got elected office. By the way, do you know who the other one was? Herbert Hoover.”
The claim that Trump and Hoover are the only modern presidents who left office with fewer American jobs than when they started is technically true, though I’ve never cared for it. Biden’s point isn’t wrong, but it requires context: Trump’s totals on job creation includejob losses from the spring of 2020 — due to Covid, the economy lost over 20 million jobs in April 2020 alone — which throws off the overall tally for the Republican’s term.
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