The size of the American workforce has fallen by over 1 million people in the past year. Here’s what’s going on.
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The share of Americans who are working or looking for a job hasn’t been this low since the pandemic, according to a July jobs report full of gut punches.
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🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: In a massive victory, since Donald J. Trump took office, foreigners have LOST -1.3 MILLION jobs...
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 7, 2026
...while native-born American citizens have GAINED +1.7 million jobs
That is a net shift of 3 MILLION for Americans.
I VOTED FOR THIS 🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/PKsHuSW1S6
🚨 WTF?! John Thune tells reporters that even HE hasn’t seen Mitch McConnell since the 84 year old Senator was hospitalized almost TWO MONTHS AGO
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 6, 2026
The amount of contempt these people have for Americans is INSANE.
Kentuckians deserve SOLID PROOF OF LIFE. pic.twitter.com/EITJ0znWrY https://t.co/XVA66awJ6E
Trump’s economy lost 23,000 jobs in July. But this isn’t new. Since 1989, the U.S. economy has added about 51 million jobs. Roughly 50 million of those new jobs were under Democratic presidents.
— Rep. Mark Pocan (@RepMarkPocan) August 8, 2026
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Trump:
— Marlene Robertson🇨🇦 (@marlene4719) August 7, 2026
“They’re [the American people] are angry at the Republicans, but they’re not angry at me.”
JFC Trump is telling you that he is preparing to throw you Republicans under the bus. How much more humiliation and embarrassment are you going to take from this clown? pic.twitter.com/GvmB9wmlLB
Statistics Canada said the country is up 75,000 jobs in May, 181,000 jobs since April, and 196,000 from a year ago. So much for the CONservative line about a full blown recession!
— Rod Vanier (@RodAVanier) August 8, 2026