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Eugene

(67,424 posts)
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 08:48 PM 22 hrs ago

Even Trump says he doesn't know 'where the hell' his own false claim about Black unemployment came from

Source: CNN

Even Trump says he doesn’t know ‘where the hell’ his own false claim about Black unemployment came from

2 hr ago
PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2026, 6:43 PM ET
By Daniel Dale

President Donald Trump uses a lot of fictional statistics. He usually deploys them with a breezy confidence.

At an event in Wisconsin on Friday, though, he made a statistical claim that sounded so clearly dubious that he wondered aloud where it had come from.

“And we’ve also had huge drops in — and I’ll tell you, this is something that’s amazing: African American unemployment is now doing better than it’s ever done. And I don’t know where that stat came from, but I’ll take it,” he said. “I don’t know where the hell that stat come — but we’ll take it.”

The mystery “stat” isn’t true.

The most recent unemployment rate for Black or African Americans was 6.6% in May, ...

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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/06/politics/fact-check-trump-black-unemployment

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Even Trump says he doesn't know 'where the hell' his own false claim about Black unemployment came from (Original Post) Eugene 22 hrs ago OP
Trump just makes up his lies as he needs them. Norrrm 22 hrs ago #1
We know where it came from: out of his own ass sakabatou 21 hrs ago #2
It's become normalized. He simply makes up his whole Klarkashton 21 hrs ago #3

Klarkashton

(5,452 posts)
3. It's become normalized. He simply makes up his whole
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 09:41 PM
21 hrs ago

Reality and noone says anything about it anymore.

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