CNBC Blames Trump and DOGE for Bombshell Job Loss Data: ‘Played the Biggest Part’
‘It’s the highest monthly number since July 2020, the worst February since 2009’
(Via Mediaite)
CNBC reporter Steve Liesman blamed President Donald Trump and DOGE czar Elon Musk for contributing to bombshell job losses in February, saying they played “the biggest part” in causing the reported layoffs.
Trump and Musk have been chainsawing federal government jobs, and Trump’s trade policy has been tanking the stock market this week, so expectations for Friday’s jobs report were already all over the place.
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