As Election Day inches closer, former President Donald Trump’s campaign wasted no time taking Vice President Kamala Harris to task over the latest disappointing jobs report. Last month, the U.S. economy added only 12,000 jobs, falling wildly short of estimates that predicted closer to 120,000. This dismal figure marks the lowest monthly job creation number in four years, and it didn’t take long for Trump’s team to put the blame squarely on Harris.
The Trump campaign’s reaction? Pure fire. The campaign plastered social media with clips from cable news tearing into the weak jobs numbers, labeling the entire situation “BRUTAL.” Moments later, Trump’s national press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, went for the jugular, stating, “This jobs report is a catastrophe and definitively reveals how badly Kamala Harris broke our economy.” Leavitt drove the point home, saying, “Working families are being ripped off by the Harris-Biden economic agenda. Kamala broke the economy. President Trump will fix it.” Pretty direct, don’t you think?
Even with Biden trying to spin the numbers by pointing to 4.1% unemployment, it’s clear this administration is struggling to keep up with economic expectations. Biden was quick to blame the hurricanes, a major Boeing strike, and other labor disputes for the job creation nosedive. He touted that the country’s unemployment rate hasn’t changed and promised a recovery as hurricane rebuilding efforts pick up. But let’s face it, this feels like a classic case of the Democrats offering excuses instead of results.
Trump’s economic record still speaks to Americans. Under his administration, the economy was soaring, with a focus on policies that prioritized American jobs and businesses. Now, under Harris’s shaky leadership, the numbers are crumbling, and Americans are feeling the pressure. And let’s not forget, Trump’s record on the economy kept unemployment low and growth high, with voters trusting him to boost their wallets. Meanwhile, Harris, once again, seems out of her depth, relying on vague platitudes rather than delivering actual solutions.
Harris might claim she’s closing the polling gap with Trump on handling the economy, but recent numbers show she’s still trailing in key battleground states like Pennsylvania and Michigan. These states know what true economic success looks like—they lived it under Trump. The Trump campaign isn’t letting Harris off the hook, and it’s clear they’re ready to remind voters which administration actually knows how to deliver economic growth without excuses.
It’s genius for the Trump campaign to seize on the latest underwhelming jobs report and expose the failures of Kamala Harris’s economic record. Despite Biden’s attempts to deflect blame, Trump’s team is hammering home the message that the Harris-Biden agenda has weakened the economy, while Trump’s record proves he can restore it. Voters in battleground states know the difference, and the choice is clear: real economic strength under Trump or more spin and broken promises under Harris.