forbes | After Donald Trump announced his latest bid for the presidency, I
reached out to get details on Trump’s plan to replace Obamacare, and
posted that interview on FORBES last week. But for many FORBES readers,
the most eye-catching part of the interview wasn’t Trump’s plan for
health care.
It was what the Trump campaign said about unemployment.
“Mr. Trump believes that the real unemployment rate is over 18%, not the reported 5.5%,” a spokesperson told me.
Trump’s distrust of the government’s job statistics isn’t new. In July, he even suggested that the U.S. unemployment rate could be as high as 40% — well above what the Bureau of Labor Statistics has found.
It was what the Trump campaign said about unemployment.
“Mr. Trump believes that the real unemployment rate is over 18%, not the reported 5.5%,” a spokesperson told me.
Trump’s distrust of the government’s job statistics isn’t new. In July, he even suggested that the U.S. unemployment rate could be as high as 40% — well above what the Bureau of Labor Statistics has found.
