President Donald Trump said Friday he’s not to blame after the Labor Department reported that more than 20 million jobs had been slashed last month, when the U.S. economy buckled under the strain of the coronavirus pandemic, CNBC reports.
“It’s fully expected, there’s no surprise,” Trump said in a Fox News interview, which took place as the devastating jobs report came out.
“Even the Democrats aren’t blaming me for that,” Trump said. “But what I can do is I’ll bring it back.”
The president’s comments on the economy followed lengthy remarks celebrating the Justice Department’s move a day earlier to drop its case against Michael Flynn, Trump’s first national security advisor.
Trump decried the “deep state” and attacked the government officials who pursued the “hoax” investigation into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia during the 2016 election.
“These are dirty politicians and dirty cops and horrible people. And hopefully they’re going to pay a big price someday in the not-too-distant future,” Trump said.
