GATEWAY PUNDIT
Trump
Jobs Numbers Out:
Unemployment at 17 year Low
2.2
Million New Jobs Since Election
More Americans Working than Ever!
By Jim Hoft
President
Trump’s Economy is Simply “On Fire”.
Job
numbers released today through the end of November show an increase of 2.2
million jobs since last years election and an unemployment rate of 4.1
percent. After the same period under Obama, (4.8) million jobs were lost and
unemployment skyrocketed to 9.9 percent!
President Trump’s economic results
could arguably be the best all time. The stock market is the highest ever and jobs are being created by the
thousands.
Jobs
According to data released today by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics, President Trump
added a projected 1.9 million jobs in the first eleven months of the year
(January through November 2017) and 2.2 million jobs since last year’s
election.
The same cannot be said for
President Obama’s first eleven months as he lost 4.8 million jobs. Obama
was so bad at creating jobs that by the end of his second term he said that jobs were not coming back. This
showed in his first eleven months in office because in every month the US
lost jobs.
According to the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, under President Trump more Americans are in the
work force than ever before. Over 160 million
Americans are working for the first time in US history.
President
Trump is working hard to bring good paying jobs back to the US and his efforts
are showing historic results. ADP reported 40,000 new manufacturing jobs in
November. This was the highest reported monthly amount of new
manufacturing jobs in the history of their report!
Unemployment
Also according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the US unemployment
rate this year has been below January’s rate every month (January through
September 2017.) The unemployment rate in January 2017 was 4.8 percent and by
November it was down to 4.1 percent. These are
the lowest rates in 17 years.
President Obama on the other hand
again moved in the opposite direction. In
his first eleven months as President the US unemployment rate increased every
month from 7.8 percent in January 2009 to 9.9 percent by November of 2009.
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MORE Presidential Accomplishments
Weekly
Tracker (12.1.17)
Government Accountable To The People
- President
Trump has brought Merry Christmas back to the White House, reading the
Christmas story at the tree lighting and printing out cards to wish a
Merry Christmas.
- President
Trump appointed Mick Mulvaney as Acting Director of the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau to provide oversight and accountability to the runaway
agency, and bring it back to its original purpose of protecting consumers.
Unleashing our Economic Potential
- Estimates for the third quarter place GDP at 3.3 percent, despite three major hurricanes making landfall. This is the best six-month stretch of growth in three years.
- Excluding hurricane effects, CEA estimates that real GDP growth could have been 3.9 percent in Q3.
- The
Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index rose for the fifth month in a
row in November to a 17 year high of 129.5.
- Already in 2017, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has had 62 record highs, including this week.
- The
Dow Jones Industrial Average is up over 32 percent since Election Day
2016.
- Closed over 24,000 points for the first time in history on November 30th, 2017.
- The
Institute for Supply Management reported that the manufacturing sector
grew for the 14th consecutive month since the
election.
- According
to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. personal income rose by 0.4
percent in October.
- Wells
Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index showed small business optimism held
steady in the 3rd quarter after the biggest increase in
decades during the 2nd quarter.
Eliminating Job Killing Regulations &
Wasteful Spending
- Simply
cutting red tape and putting Obama-era regulations on hold have already
saved $378 million since President Trump took office, and that savings is
expected to jump into the billions next year when the administration’s
anti-regulation campaign hits full stride, according to a report from the
American Action Forum out this week.
Pursuing Fair and Reciprocal Trade Deals
- The
Department of Commerce announced the first self-initiated antidumping and
countervailing duty investigation since 1991 targeting Chinese common
alloy aluminum sheet.
Restoring Law and Order
- The
Department of Justice announced over $98 million in grant funding through
the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS
Hiring Program to allow 802 additional full-time law enforcement officers.
- The
Department of Justice announced $12 million in grants to support
anti-opioid efforts, ordered the designation of an opioid coordinator in
U.S. attorney’s offices, and created a new Drug Enforcement Administration
office in Kentucky to better address opioid abuse in the Appalachians.
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150 Trump accomplishments in 300 days
Editor’s note: As part of
the Thank Trump Campaign, WND complied a comprehensive list of Trump’s truly
significant accomplishments during the first eight months of his presidency.
Below are just four months of Trump’s achievements.
NOVEMBER
1.
Iran: Trump issued a memorandum Nov. 16 determining that the
U.S. has enough petroleum coming from countries other than Iran to permit “a
significant reduction in the volume of petroleum and petroleum products”
purchased from the mullah-led nation.
2.
China trade: During President Trump’s visit to China in November, trade
and investment deals worth more than $250 billion were announced that are
expected to create jobs for American workers, farmers and ranchers by
increasing U.S. exports to China and stimulating investment in American
communities.
3.
Government
transparency: The federal government on Nov. 9
made public more than 13,000 additional documents from its files on President
John F. Kennedy’s assassination, under orders from President Trump. It was the
fourth released since October, when the president allowed the immediate release
of 2,800 records by the National Archives.
4.
International
liberty: President Trump proclaimed Nov. 7,
the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, as the National Day for the
Victims of Communism
5.
Religious
liberty: The Department of Agriculture
issued a guidance Nov. 6 that ensures Christians who opposed same-sex marriage
would not be discriminated against for their beliefs.
6.
Job growth: President Trump announced in the Oval Office Nov. 2 that
the semiconductor manufacturing company Broadcom Limited is moving its
headquarters from Singapore to the United States. Broadcom is a Fortune 100
company that already employs more than 7,500 workers in the United States, and
that number is expected to grow exponentially, with an estimated $20 billion to
be spent on employees annually. Broadcom CEO Hock E. Tan said the decision to
relocate Broadcom was driven by “his desire to give back to this country that
has given me so much.”
7.
Government
reform: EPA Director Scott Pruitt placed
66 new experts on three different EPA scientific committees who espouse more
conservative views than their predecessors. To prevent conflicts of interest,
Pruitt signed a directive Oct. 31 banning scientists who receive EPA grants
from serving on the agency’s independent advisory boards.
OCTOBER
8.
Job growth: The White House announced Oct. 25 a new drone
Integration Pilot Program that will accelerate drone integration into the
national airspace system. Under the program, the Department of Transportation
will enter into agreements with state, local, and tribal governments to
establish innovation zones for testing complex UAS operations and to attempt
different models for integrating drones into local airspace. Calling drones “a
critical, fast-growing part of American aviation, increasing efficiency,
productivity, and jobs, the White House said they “present opportunities to
enhance the safety of the American public, increase the efficiency and
productivity of American industry, and create tens of thousands of new American
jobs.”
9.
Government
reform: Melania Trump, while
embracing a more active and public schedule as first lady, is running one of
the leanest East Wing operations in recent history, according to a Fox News
analysis of White House personnel reports that found she has significantly
reduced the number of aides on the first lady’s office payroll in comparison to
her predecessor, Michelle Obama. During President Obama’s first year in office,
16 people were listed working for Michelle Obama, earning a combined $1.24
million a year. This year, just four people were listed working for Melania
Trump as of June, with salaries totaling $486,700.
10.
Obamacare: Trump signed an executive order Oct. 12 that directs three
federal agencies to rewrite regulations to encourage the establishment of
cheaper health plans that can be purchased across state lines and are not bound
by certain Obamacare rules and regulations. The directive would allow
small-business owners, trade groups and others to join together to purchase
health insurance. The plans would not be required to include benefits such as
prescription drugs. Trump also wants to expand the sale of stopgap policies
that don’t cover pre-existing conditions, mental health services and other
costly benefits.
11.
Consumer
optimism: U.S. consumer sentiment
unexpectedly surged to a 13-year high as Americans’ perceptions of the economy
and their own finances rebounded following several major hurricanes, a
University of Michigan survey showed Oct. 13.
12.
Iran nuclear
agreement: President Trump announced
Oct. 13 he will not certify the Iran nuclear deal and vowed that the U.S. would
pull out unless changes are made. He also unveiled a new strategy, the culmination
of nine months of deliberation with Congress and allies, on how to best protect
American security from the rogue mullah-led regime. The plan includes
denying the regime funding and any paths to a nuclear weapon and ballistic
missiles. The Department of the Treasury sanctioned more than 25 entities and
individuals involved in Iran’s ballistic missile program. The U.S. also
sanctioned 16 entities and individuals that have supported Iran’s military and
Revolutionary Guard Corps in the development of drones, fast attack boats and
other military equipment.
13.
United Nations: The United States
is quitting the United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization. Heather Nauert, a State Department
spokeswoman, announced the move will be made before the end of the year “This
decision was not taken lightly, and reflects U.S. concerns with mounting
arrears at UNESCO, the need for fundamental reform in the organization, and
continuing anti-Israel bias at UNESCO.”
14.
Homeland
security: The Supreme Court dismissed a
major challenge to President Trump’s travel ban on majority-Muslim countries
Oct. 10 because it has been replaced by a new version, sending the controversy
back to the starting block. The ruling is a victory for the Trump
administration, which had asked the court to drop the case after Trump signed a
proclamation Sept. 24 that replaced the temporary travel ban on six nations
with a new, indefinite ban affecting eight countries. That action made the
court challenge moot, the justices ruled.
15.
EPA reform: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt
announced Oct. 9 a new set of rules that will override the Clean Power Plan,
the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s drive to curb global climate
change. The agency is moving to undo, delay or block more than 30 environmental
rules, the largest regulatory rollback in the agency’s 47-year history.
16.
Immigration: The Trump administration submitted to Congress Oct. 8 a
70-point proposal that calls for increased border security, interior
enforcement of immigration laws and a merit-based immigration system. It
includes funding and completing construction of a southern border wall,
improving expedited removal of illegal aliens, protecting innocent people in
“sanctuary cities,” ending extended-family chain migration and establishing a
point-based system for green cards to protect U.S. workers and taxpayers.
17.
Religious
liberty: Attorney General Sessions on Oct.
6 issued guidance to all administrative agencies and executive departments
regarding religious liberty protections in federal law in keeping with Trump’s
May 4 executive order. The guidance interprets existing protections for
religious liberty in federal law, identifying 20 high-level principles that
administrative agencies and executive departments can put to practical use to
ensure the religious freedoms of Americans are lawfully protected. Attorney
General Sessions also issued a second memorandum to the Department of Justice,
directing implementation of the religious liberty guidance within the
department. Among the principles are “the freedom of religion extends to
persons and organizations,” “Americans do not give up their freedom of religion
by participating in the marketplace, partaking of the public square, or
interacting with government” and government “may not restrict acts or
abstentions because of the beliefs they display.”
18.
Missile defense: The Department of Defense reprogrammed approximately $400
million for U.S. missile defense systems.
19.
Religious
liberty: The Trump administration expanded
religious and moral exemptions for mandated contraceptive coverage under
Obamacare. Obama’s signature legislation required that nearly all insurance
plans cover abortion-inducing drugs and contraception, forcing citizens to
violate sincerely held religious or moral beliefs, pay steep fines, or forgo
offering or obtaining health insurance entirely. The interim final rules note
that the United States “has a long history of providing conscience protections
in the regulation of health care entities and individuals with objections based
on religious beliefs and moral convictions.” The rule aligns with the U.S.
Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling protecting the Little Sisters of the Poor,
which says the government cannot fine religious groups for following their
faith.
20.
Immigration: Amid strong Democratic opposition, the House Homeland
Security Committee gave first approval to the broad scope of President Trump’s
border wall Oct. 4, clearing a bill that would authorize $10 billion in new
infrastructure spending, new waivers to speed up construction, and 10,000 more
border agents and officers to patrol the U.S.-Mexico line.
21.
Space
exploration: President Trump revived the
National Space Council for the first time in 25 years to assist him in
developing and implementing long-range strategic goals for the nation’s space
policy. The pace program will refocus on human exploration and discovery. Vice
President Mike Pence, who chaired the National Space Council’s Oct. 5 meeting,
said the administration aims to establish a renewed American presence on the
moon and from that foundation become the first nation to bring mankind to Mars.
The administration also will renew America’s commitment to creating the space
technology needed to protect national security. And Pence pointed out the
intelligence community reports that Russia and China are pursuing a full range
of anti-satellite technology designed to threaten our U.S. military
effectiveness.
22.
Abortion: The Office of Management and Budget on Oct. 2 issued a
Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) to strongly support the Pain-Capable
Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36), which would generally make it unlawful
for any person to perform, or attempt to perform, an abortion of an unborn
child after 20 weeks post-fertilization.
23.
Protecting life: The president issued a statement Oct. 1
renewing the nation’s “strong commitment to promoting the health, well-being,
and inherent dignity of all children and adults with Down syndrome.” The president observed “there remain too many people – both
in the United States and throughout the world – that still see Down syndrome as
an excuse to ignore or discard human life.” He said Americans and their
government “must always be vigilant in defending and promoting the unique and
special gifts of all citizens in need” and “should not tolerate any
discrimination against them, as all people have inherent dignity.”
24.
Protecting life: The Department of
Health and Human Services has published a draft of a new strategic plan that states
in its introduction that life begins at conception. The personhood of the unborn child is central to the
abortion debate — as even the justice who wrote the landmark Roe v. Wade
opinion has acknowledged — because, if established in law, it would nullify a
“right” to abortion. The largely overlooked HHS strategic plan for 2018-22
states the agency “accomplishes its mission through programs and initiatives
that cover a wide spectrum of activities, serving and protecting Americans at
every stage of life, beginning at conception.”
25.
Tax reform: Trump is working with Congress to lower taxes by seven
points for the middle class and lower business taxes to a 15 percent rate.
SEPTEMBER
26.
Lower courts: Trump is filling up lower courts with lifetime appointees.
In the estimation of Democratic official Ron Klain, a “massive transformation
is underway in how our fundamental rights are defined by the federal
judiciary.” Klain, lamenting Trump’s moves, said the president “is proving
wildly successful in one respect: naming youthful conservative nominees to the
federal bench in record-setting numbers.” On Sept. 28, Trump announced an
eighth wave of judicial candidates,
with nine more names.
27.
Canada trade: In September, the Commerce Department, siding with Boeing,
slapped a 219 percent tariff on the import of Canadian-made Bombardier jets,
arguing they are supported by subsidies from the governments of Canada and the
U.K., creating an unfair market.
28.
Korea trade: Trump began the process of renegotiating the United
States-South Korea Free Trade Agreement in September.
29.
Climate: In September, Trump shut down a climate-change advisory
panel under the direction of NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, that critics have contended was formed largely to promote
President Obama’s climate policies, arguing it lacked representation from
“those who think the empirical evidence points to human actions contributing
little to global warming and that attempting to reduce it would slow the
conquest of poverty around the world.” The EPA also has decided not to renew
the appointments of dozens of scientists on various scientific advisory panels.
30.
Homeland
security: In September, Trump signed an
executive order to enhance vetting capabilities and processes for detecting
attempted entry into the United States by terrorists or other public-security
threats.
31.
North Korea: After some 25 years of failed negotiations to contain
Pyongyang’s nuclear program, the communist regime’s latest threatening actions
were met by President Trump with a warning that military action, including a
preemptive nuclear attack, would be considered. After Trump’s warnings, North
Korean dictator Kim Jong Un backed off on his threat to attack the U.S.
territory of Guam.
32.
North Korea: On Sept. 7, the U.S. fully deployed the THAAD missile
defense system to South Korea despite objections from Pyongyang’s chief ally,
China.
33.
North Korea: In September, Trump signed an executive order
significantly expanding U.S. authority to target individuals, companies and
financial institutions that finance and facilitate trade with North Korea, most
of which are Chinese. Meanwhile, China’s central bank has ordered banks in its
massive banking system to immediately stop doing business with North Korea.
34.
United Nations: In his first speech to the United Nations General
Assembly, Trump told the global body in September, “I put America first and you
should do the same with your nations.” In the speech, he also explicitly
denounced socialism and communism, pointing to Venezuela as an example of what
happens when socialism is successfully implemented.
35.
Immigration: President Trump, in September, rescinded Obama’s Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals order, which gave de facto amnesty to some
800,000 people who came to the country as children with their illegal-alien
parents. Trump delayed implementing his order for six months to give Congress
time to come up with a legislative solution.
36.
Stock markets: Through the first week of September, the Dow Jones
Industrial Average had 34 record highs. From Election Day to the Inauguration,
the Dow rose more than 1,500 points. It climbed another 2,500 points from
Inauguration Day, reaching more than 22,400 in mid-September, a gain of more
than $4 trillion in wealth since Trump was elected. The Dow’s spike from 19,000
to above 21,000 in just 66 days was the fastest 2,000-point rise ever. The
S&P 500 and the NASDAQ also have set all-time highs. On Aug. 7, the Dow
closed with an all-time high for the ninth day in a row, the first time the
market has had a run of that length twice under one presidency.
AUGUST
37.
North Korea: In August, the U.S. initiated a resolution in the U.N.
Security Council establishing sanctions that would cut North Korea’s export
revenue by a third. Another resolution passed Sept. 11 with new sanctions.
38.
North Korea: The U.S. implemented its own sanctions in August on 16
Chinese and Russian individuals and entities for conducting business with North
Korea.
39.
Business
optimism: In August, the National Federation
of Independent Business said its Small-Business Optimism Index reached 105.3,
the highest since 2006 and an 11 percent jump since the week before Trump was
elected. The Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index said small business owners
are the most optimistic since July 2007. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort measure
reached a 16-year high, with current views of the economy also reaching a
16-year high. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index rose in July to
near a 16 year high, with consumers short-term outlook improving.
40.
Job growth: While the new administration certainly can’t take all of
the credit – and the government itself doesn’t create jobs – employers make
hiring decisions based on the long-term economic outlook, and the president has
a great deal to do with that. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported nearly
1.3 million new jobs were created during Trump’s first 200 days. Meanwhile,
Obama, in his first six months, saw the loss of more than 4.1 million
jobs in his first 200 days. The bureau said 6,000 construction jobs were added
in July for a total of 82,000 since January. In addition, 16,000 manufacturing
jobs were added in July, a total of 70,000 since January. The labor-force
participation rate increased to 62.9 percent in July. In June, there were 6
million job openings in the U.S., one of the highest levels recorded.
41.
U.S.
manufacturing: During Trump’s first six months,
the manufacturing index was the highest it had been since 1983 under President
Reagan. The National Association of Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey showed the
highest two-quarter average, of 91.4 percent, for manufacturing optimism in the
survey’s 20-year history. The Institute for Supply Management reported its June
barometer of manufacturing rose to 57.8, the fastest pace in three years.
42.
China trade: The president signed an order in August to investigate Chinese
theft of U.S. intellectual property. The IP Commission Report estimates that
the annual cost to the United States economy from IP theft could be as high as $600
billion, with China as the major contributor.
43.
Infrastructure: The Trump administration aims to dramatically reduce
permitting time for projects from 10 years to two years, spurring investment
and job creation.
44.
Argentina trade: The U.S. struck a deal in August to export pork to
Argentina that will allow U.S. pork to enter the Argentine market for the first
time since 1992, a potential $10 million a year market for American producers.
45.
Trade: More than $2 billion in fines were assessed to China and
Canada in August for illegal trade practices.
46.
Immigration: DHS in August ended the Central American Minors Parole
Program that had allowed certain minors from El Salvador, Guatemala and
Honduras to enter the U.S.
47.
Immigration: A report in August said that due to reforms and additional
hirings of immigration judges, the number of deportation orders increased by
nearly 28 percent compared to the same period of time in 2016.
48.
Immigration: In August, the government also said that of the 42,000
illegal immigrants in federal prisons, nearly all of them either had
deportation orders or were being investigated for possible deportation.
49.
Immigration: The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in August
denied requests from employers to import cheap foreign labor into the U.S. for
high-skilled jobs if the employers could not explain why they wanted to pay a
lower wage for such work.
50.
Military: Trump elevated the Department of Defense’s Cyber Command
to the status of Unified Combatant Command in August, demonstrating an
increased focus on cyber security.
51.
Military: In August, Trump directed the military not to move forward
with a controversial Obama-era mandate to allow, for the first time,
transgender individuals to be recruited into the armed forces.
52.
Islamic jihad: In August, Trump presented in an address to the nation a
new military strategy that put Pakistan on notice for supporting jihadists and
warned Kabul it would no longer receive a “blank check,” moving the U.S. away
from the Bush-era policy of “nation-building” and focusing on “killing
terrorists.”
53.
Veterans
Administration reform: President Trump signed the Veterans
Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act in August, streamlining the lengthy
process that veterans undergo when appealing disability benefits claims with
the VA. More than 470,000 veterans are awaiting decisions regarding their
appeals. The Veterans Affairs administration is the first agency to post
information on employee disciplinary action online.
54.
Veterans
Administration reform: The president signed the Harry W.
Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act in August, which provides
educational benefits to veterans, service members and their family members,
including tuition, fees, books, housing and other additional costs.
55.
Government
reform: The president signed an executive
order in August projected to save billions of dollars by streamlining and expediting
the permitting process for infrastructure projects. The order establishes a
two-year goal for the federal government to process all of the actions required
by federal law for the environmental reviews and permits of major
infrastructure projects.
56.
Welfare reform: In August, the Department of Health and Human Services
rescinded an Obama-era directive that had allowed states to request a waiver to
ignore work requirements for the poor in order to receive welfare.
57.
Welfare reform: In August, more than 1.1 million fewer Americans were on
food stamps under President Trump, compared to the Obama administration.
58.
Law enforcement: In August, the DOJ launched an opioid fraud and abuse unit
to fight opioid prescription abuses.
59.
Second
Amendment: In August, the Justice Department
terminated Operation Choke Point, an Obama program encouraging banks not to do
business with “high risk” businesses, which was used to target gun dealers.
