On March 5, Politico economics correspondent Victoria Guida made it clear she's frustrated that President Trump isn't losing momentum. noted That March piece is dripping with frustration and irritation, starting with the headline: "Trump Keeps Gambling With the Economy — And Getting Away With It."
Well it now appears that same bitterness on the part of Guida has carried over into April as reflected in title of her Friday story, "Job growth shatters expectations in March, in boost to Trump." And if you missed the bitterness in the title, the subtitle makes it quite clear, "That report gives the president some useful talking points as polling shows deep dissatisfaction with the state of the economy."
Got that? In March Trump was "getting away with it" on the economy and now in April he got himself some "useful talking points."
We now join Guida in her current state of high irk:
U.S. job growth surged past expectations in March and the unemployment rate dropped, giving President Donald Trump breathing room as the economy comes under increasing pressure over the war in Iran and rising oil prices.
Companies added a net 178,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported Friday, a huge swing from February, when the economy actually shed jobs. But it was roughly in line with January, a sharp fluctuation that is making it harder to gauge the job market’s health. But the overall positive trend suggests that the economy remained resilient during the first quarter of the year.
...None of those figures are likely to change the narrative that has prevailed over the past couple of years of a low-hire, low-fire labor market. But the unemployment rate now stands at 4.3 percent, and the manufacturing sector — which has been anemic for a long period of time — added 15,000 jobs in March.
That gives Trump some useful talking points as polling shows deep dissatisfaction with the state of the economy, particularly in the wake of the war in the Middle East, which has led to a surge in gas prices.
One can only wonder how much frustrated stomach acid was produced by the economic combo of March's "getting away with it" and April's "useful talking points."
