U.S. unemployment rate blows past expectations, highest level in years; Trump’s solution: Import more foreign workers



“The unemployment rate ticked up again to 4.4%, compared to 4.3% in August and 4.2% in July, according to the delayed September jobs report released on Nov. 20 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).”

https://www.nerdwallet.com/finance/learn/jobs-report-unemployment-rate

That move from 4.2 to 4.4 isn’t big on paper, but the number keeps nudging up and you can tell something underneath isn’t holding the way they keep saying it is.

“President Donald Trump stood by his stance that immigrants with high-tech skills should be allowed into the US to support the expansion of advanced domestic manufacturing, despite mounting backlash from his conservative base.”

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-us-must-allow-190454745.html

That line about going ahead with it “despite backlash” says plenty on its own. When a move like that comes with pushback from his own side, you know there’s a bigger argument brewing behind the curtain.