Despite downward revisions in the jobs data released each month, the Trump administration has decided to continue printing numbers that collapse once the revisions, industry breakdowns, and labor force numbers are added.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics report said the economy added 178,000 jobs in March 2026, with 186,000 jobs in the private sector, but it also made clear that the gains came mainly from a rebound after a weak month before that.
Throughout the first 12 months of Donald Trump’s second term, total job growth was just 260,000 jobs, or 0.2%, while private sector jobs rose by 502,000 jobs, or 0.4%, as Cryptopolitan previously reported.
In an economy that employs more than 158 million people, this equates to an average of just 21,670 jobs per month.
Consistent revisions to US jobs numbers are tearing apart the official White House story
the Job reviews It was consistent and brutal. February was first reported at -92,000 jobs, and was later revised to -133,000, making it the largest monthly job loss in the United States since December 2020.
In September 2025, the US Department of Labor actually revised 911,000 jobs from 12 months of data that had already been reported. This is the largest revision in history, and he said the overstatement amounted to about 76,000 jobs per month, which is officially worse than 2009 levels.
It’s also interesting that almost all of the so-called job creation came from health care, which is the same place JD Vance is apparently being investigated for fraud.
Unemployment an average It went from 4.4% to 4.3% in March, but that decline came as 396,000 people left the labor force.
The White House was also pushing a bigger fiscal message. The president’s fiscal 2027 budget outline, released on Friday, did not provide any notable deficit or debt figures.
What she provided was guidance: higher tariffs, lower taxes, more money for the military and border security, less money for the social safety net. In a video that the White House later deleted, Trump said the federal government should not help fund child care.
“You have to let the state take care of day care, and they have to pay for it, too,” he said. He also said: “We have to take care of one thing: military protection. We have to guard the country.”
Trump cuts dozens of budgets to increase US Defense spending
The budget outline called for a 42% increase. Defense spending A 10% reduction in non-defense spending. It targeted renewable energy, refugee resettlement, and housing programs that the administration described as “woke.” It has pushed missile defense and beautification projects in Washington, D.C., while cutting money for environmental justice efforts and electric vehicle charging.
To help cover a new $1.5 trillion military budget, the plan cuts $510 million for farmer grants and agricultural research, $82 million for rural small business loans, $61 million for farmers and food markets, and $240 million for school meals and nutritional education for children abroad.
Then $659 million in community building grants, $47 million for minority-owned businesses, $449 million in local economic development grants, $1.6 billion from NOAA weather forecasts, fisheries and coastal protection, $993 million for science and technology standards, $150 million for exports and trade, $2.2 billion for broadband, $8.5 billion for public schools, $1.5 billion for vocational training and adult education, and $2.7 billion for Dollars to get to college. And $15.2 billion for roads, bridges and infrastructure.
The cuts hit schools, housing, health, science and small businesses
The same proposal also cuts $1.1 billion for home energy efficiency and clean energy programs, $1.1 billion for scientific research, $386 million for environmental cleanup, $150 million for advanced clean energy research, $4 billion for home heating and cooling assistance for low-income people, $768 million for refugee resettlement, $819 million for care and shelter for migrant children, and $775 million for anti-poverty programs.
We also have $5 billion for public health, mental health, and disease prevention, $5 billion for National Institutes of Health medical research, $129 million for health care quality and safety research, $356 million for emergency preparedness, $1.3 billion for FEMA community disaster grants, $707 million for critical infrastructure cybersecurity, $52 million for airport and transportation security, $40 million for protection against chemical and biological threats, and $53 million for security operations. Internal.
Next, $4.2 billion for electric vehicle charging, $372 million for rural airline service, $145 million for sustainable infrastructure, $204 million for underserved communities, $1.4 billion for IRS services and enforcement, $100 million for air pollution reduction, $1 billion for state grants from the EPA, plus $2.5 billion for drinking water and wastewater systems.
Then we have $90 million for diesel pollution reduction, $3.4 billion for NASA space and Earth sciences, $297 million for NASA technology programs, $1.1 billion for International Space Station operations, $143 million for STEM education, $309 million for small business development, $170 million for Small Business Administration operations, and $158 million for small business loans.
Yesterday Trump to publish In fact: – “Not only were the job numbers great yesterday, 178,000 new jobs, but the trade deficit fell by 55%, the largest decline in history. Thank you, Mr. Tariff! All this, and at the same time, getting rid of a nuclear Iran.”
While the Center for American Progress (CAP) He said“Given the Trump administration’s insistence on replacing one set of tariffs after they were blocked by a US Supreme Court decision – and the administration has sowed further chaos in the economy with its war on Iran – workers are likely to continue to suffer.”
