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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 12:22 PM Jan 2019

Trump Crows About Manufacturing Job Growth, Swipes at Obama: 'I Guess I Found the MAGIC WAND'

Source: Mediaite



by Joe DePaolo | Jan 21st, 2019, 10:44 am

President Donald Trump is crowing over statistics showing manufacturing adding more jobs last year than in any other over the past two decades — and he’s taking a swipe at his predecessor in the process.

In a Monday morning tweet, Trump boasted about the manufacturing job numbers — which, according to CNBC, were the highest since 1997 — and also jabbed at former President Barack Obama.




“He just says, ‘Well, I’m going to negotiate a better deal.’ Well, how exactly are you going to negotiate that?” Obama said. “What magic wand do you have? And usually the answer is, he doesn’t have an answer.”

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Trump Crows About Manufacturing Job Growth, Swipes at Obama: 'I Guess I Found the MAGIC WAND' (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2019 OP
I'll bet Stormy Daniels would beg to differ, big boy. TheCowsCameHome Jan 2019 #1
LOL good one! at140 Jan 2019 #3
+1 dalton99a Jan 2019 #4
He neglects that when Obama took over we losing 750,000 job per month. olegramps Jan 2019 #13
Thank you! mahina Jan 2019 #19
I Smell A Rat DallasNE Jan 2019 #33
Oh, Trump Lied Again. And It Was Repeated By Pence DallasNE Jan 2019 #39
He he mahina Jan 2019 #18
Magic 'shroom underpants Jan 2019 #26
Here's Trump searching for that magic wand: lagomorph777 Jan 2019 #32
Thanks to Stormy Daniels, we all know that the magic wand is a little mushroom. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #2
Oh damn! You beat me to it, VO! flibbitygiblets Jan 2019 #23
He's obsessed with Obama. Faygo Kid Jan 2019 #5
Obama humiliated him at that White House Correspondent's dinner. rzemanfl Jan 2019 #27
It was a most awesone burn, a joy to behold ms liberty Jan 2019 #28
And we're all paying for it. BlueTsunami2018 Jan 2019 #37
No doubt some kind of cherry-picking bullshit from IQ45 ... (nt) mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #6
No you idiot, you are talking about your mushroom dick. NoMoreRepugs Jan 2019 #7
Hey, Dickhead Donnie. llmart Jan 2019 #8
you'd have to go all the way back to 2014.... Red Mountain Jan 2019 #9
That's interesting, but it's a year old - January 10, 2018 n/t progree Jan 2019 #15
I stand corrected Red Mountain Jan 2019 #22
Thanks! "Trump's gain is part of a slow recovery that has been ongoing" - Yup. n/t progree Jan 2019 #36
Now Obama knows how Fred Trump felt John Fante Jan 2019 #29
Donnie Boy will never except the fact that Wellstone ruled Jan 2019 #10
His magic wand was landing in the driver's seat just as truthisfreedom Jan 2019 #11
I know! With Obama, it was "slowest recovery in history". Then Chump shows up and takes the cred? flibbitygiblets Jan 2019 #24
I Thought Stock Prices Were the Yardstick TomCADem Jan 2019 #12
Delusional Donnie just can't stop spinning his BS. Talitha Jan 2019 #14
Can anybody tell me what one piece of legislation he enacted to benefit the economy? padah513 Jan 2019 #16
Yes, the perfect day to try to put down a Black man. Cold War Spook Jan 2019 #17
"not a racist", but #1 with racists. flibbitygiblets Jan 2019 #25
Well, his "magic wand" better get waving furiously, 'cause the shutdown will tank any gains. Texin Jan 2019 #20
How many jobs for your own family products are you bringing to America, Donald? keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #21
Obama still has him beat videohead5 Jan 2019 #30
What Gump fails to understand (because he's an idiot) John Fante Jan 2019 #31
his one accomplishment (or so he says) is the tax cut scarytomcat Jan 2019 #38
Are they union jobs that pay a living wage, with benefits? TexasBushwhacker Jan 2019 #34
Yep! A lot of temp jobs. Crowman2009 Jan 2019 #35

DallasNE

(7,392 posts)
33. I Smell A Rat
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 11:20 PM
Jan 2019

Auto layoffs in 2008 were massive and they came roaring back following the stimulus so manufacturing had a healthy rebound following that. In 2018 Ford and either GM or Chrysler announced nearly 30,000 job layoffs combined. Also, the monthly jobs report should have showed us month by month we were having a surge and Trump would have been all over that. Did they reclassify something? Need a breakdown by segment to see just where these jobs were created.

DallasNE

(7,392 posts)
39. Oh, Trump Lied Again. And It Was Repeated By Pence
Wed Jan 23, 2019, 02:57 AM
Jan 2019

The economy DID NOT add the most manufacturing jobs since 1997 when Bill Clinton was President, as claimed by Donald Trump. CNBC jumped on the bandwagon when a simple Google search would reveal the truth.

While the numbers are good, they are not the best since 1997 as Trump claimed. They are the best since 2014. Big difference. Did they not expect to get fact checked? Had they, this is what they would have found out.

https://www.factcheck.org/2018/01/manufacturing-jobs-roaring-back/

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,268 posts)
2. Thanks to Stormy Daniels, we all know that the magic wand is a little mushroom.
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 12:27 PM
Jan 2019

So, Tiny, please stop waving it.

rzemanfl

(29,540 posts)
27. Obama humiliated him at that White House Correspondent's dinner.
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 07:42 PM
Jan 2019

It was a close to mean as I ever saw Obama be. It hit Drumpf right in the wheelhouse of his crazy.

BlueTsunami2018

(3,461 posts)
37. And we're all paying for it.
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 08:08 AM
Jan 2019

I’m sure Legitimate President Obama thought the possibility of this tamort ever actually becoming President was a billion to one shot, just like everyone else. But I wonder if he might have dialed it back if he could see this coming. I’m convinced that the verbal beatdown really was the springboard for Тяцмр’s run.

The country in tatters over a few jokes. It boggles the mind.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
10. Donnie Boy will never except the fact that
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 01:07 PM
Jan 2019

his skills set is less than that of a African American. Jealousy is a very destructive personal trait.

truthisfreedom

(23,113 posts)
11. His magic wand was landing in the driver's seat just as
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 01:32 PM
Jan 2019

The economy was getting up to speed. He’s been coasting ever since. For example, last year the stock market actually lost money, and he presided over the single greatest loss day in the history of the market. And now he’s presided over the longest government shutdown and there’s no end in sight, and his obstinance will cost us trillions in the long run. He’s also presided over the largest increase in national debt in history. So yes, he’s certainly setting records that will be VERY difficult to beat.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
24. I know! With Obama, it was "slowest recovery in history". Then Chump shows up and takes the cred?
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 07:24 PM
Jan 2019

If it was the "slowest recovery in history", then people saying that fail to take into account that
1. At least it WAS a recovery as opposed to a self-induced crisis thanks to BO's predecessor
2. Obama cleaned up W's mess like a team of maids cleaning up a hotel room after Led Zeppelin stayed there for a month
3. W took Clinton's surplus and gave it to the rich, while letting the banks run rampant until we had the worst crisis since the great depression. It takes time to fix that, just like it will take time for (insert Dem name here) to clean up Chump's messes.
4. Chump gave trillions to the rich and increased our debt for several lifetimes, with no plans to repay.

All of the above will be forgotten next time we have a "D" in the WH. Because "Liberal Media" is NOT A REAL THING, and Americans have the memory of mentally challenged goldfish.


TomCADem

(17,378 posts)
12. I Thought Stock Prices Were the Yardstick
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 01:36 PM
Jan 2019

....because it certainly is not real wage growth for trump.

 

Cold War Spook

(1,279 posts)
17. Yes, the perfect day to try to put down a Black man.
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:11 PM
Jan 2019

Last edited Mon Jan 21, 2019, 08:04 PM - Edit history (1)

But he is not a racist?

Texin

(2,585 posts)
20. Well, his "magic wand" better get waving furiously, 'cause the shutdown will tank any gains.
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 04:31 PM
Jan 2019

I know his claims are full of shit. I won't even spend a second thinking about those. Any gains the economy have made (during the Obama years) are poised to be wiped out, along with other catastrophic damages done with this shutdown. He's single-handedly tanking the U.S. economy and pushing us to the brink of recession - if not worse. Traitorous shitweasel.

keithbvadu2

(36,360 posts)
21. How many jobs for your own family products are you bringing to America, Donald?
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 04:52 PM
Jan 2019

How many jobs for your own family products are you bringing to America, Donald?

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
31. What Gump fails to understand (because he's an idiot)
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 08:15 PM
Jan 2019

is that manufacturing continues to decline as a percentage of the workforce.

It was over 30% in 1949.
It was at 8.8% in 2013.
It is at 8.5% currently.

THAT'S what Obama meant by needing a magic wand to bring back manufactoring, but good luck getting MAGAts to comprehend this.

scarytomcat

(1,706 posts)
38. his one accomplishment (or so he says) is the tax cut
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 12:50 PM
Jan 2019

in his great tax cut corporations get a tax reduction for moving jobs out of the country that is why GM is moving some to Mexico.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,043 posts)
34. Are they union jobs that pay a living wage, with benefits?
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 11:40 PM
Jan 2019

If there are thousands of new manufacturing jobs that pay $10 an hour, that's nothing to crow about.

Crowman2009

(2,475 posts)
35. Yep! A lot of temp jobs.
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 01:37 AM
Jan 2019

The factory where I work at, half of them are temps. Making the wages you just mentioned.

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