Higher costs, more tariffs, and the highest unemployment rate since COVID And make no mistake, this unemployment number didn't just come out of the blue. It didn't just come because of external forces. This high, awful unemployment number, the highest since COVID is a consequence of Donald Trump's failures. His reckless tariff agenda, his draconian cuts to basic services like health care, and his refusal to listen to Americans who are already struggling to pay for what they need. (00:43–00:53)
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Asserts that the high unemployment rate is due to Donald Trump's failures.
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