Perceptions Are Trumps Policies Are Working

[Weatherman2020]

In contrast to the years of the Obama stimulus program, when the bulk of new jobs came in the public sector, it appears that the increase here is in the private sector. Moody’s Analytics says there were 298,000 new private sector jobs in February, far more than the 189,000 it expected.

Construction jobs were up 58,000, private educational services jobs up 29,000, manufacturing jobs up 28,000. This suggests that lots of employers, small as well as large, are taking the plunge and creating new jobs.

Can I prove that they’re doing so because of perceptions that regulations and taxes will be decreased by the Trump administration? No, and I’m not sure any economist’s statistical model could either. But that sure looks like what’s happening.

Perceptions are that Trump's policies are working

The owner of a small business doesn’t take lightly the decision to make new hires — those are real people you’re giving hope to, with the real expectation that you’ll make payroll week after week. The business climate matters a great deal, and maybe we’re finally seeing it turn around.

 

[JakeStarkey]

The majority of Americans are willing to give Trump a chance although he received eleven million less votes of the votes cast.

However, he is stumbling and patience is wearing thin.

 

[Weatherman2020]

The majority of Americans are willing to give Trump a chance although he received eleven million less votes of the votes cast.

However, he is stumbling and patience is wearing thin.

Yeah, that is why the economy is exploding into greatness, Trump is failing.

 

[task0778]

There is also a perception that the liberal dems are obstructing the progress Trump is making in improving the economy. Which may not sit well with voters next year.

 

[Weatherman2020]

There is also a perception that the liberal dems are obstructing the progress Trump is making in improving the economy. Which may not sit well with voters next year.

And the voters are onto their lies as the left continue to make more and more outrageous lies.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Not even Rasmussen can save Trump's crumbling approval ratings anymore. The guy has no idea what he's doing.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Not even Rasmussen can save Trump's crumbling approval ratings anymore. The guy has no idea what he's doing.

And Hillary had a 97% chance of winning too!

 

[TheOldSchool]

Not even Rasmussen can save Trump's crumbling approval ratings anymore. The guy has no idea what he's doing.

And Hillary had a 97% chance of winning too!

Nobody could have predicted unprecedented Russian sabotage and Comey's last minute treason. And she still got 3 million more votes than the Orange idiot! At least it got liberals up from their slumber.

 

[TNHarley]

Not even Rasmussen can save Trump's crumbling approval ratings anymore. The guy has no idea what he's doing.

And Hillary had a 97% chance of winning too!

Nobody could have predicted unprecedented Russian sabotage and Comey's last minute treason. And she still got 3 million more votes than the Orange idiot! At least it got liberals up from their slumber.

They might have gotten up but all they did was piss themselves and went back to sleep

 

[Siete]

The majority of Americans are willing to give Trump a chance although he received eleven million less votes of the votes cast.

However, he is stumbling and patience is wearing thin.

Yeah, that is why the economy is exploding into greatness, Trump is failing.

as soon as you inform the board exactly what Trump policies were passed to stimulate an economic boom I'll buy in ..

 

[TheOldSchool]

Not even Rasmussen can save Trump's crumbling approval ratings anymore. The guy has no idea what he's doing.

And Hillary had a 97% chance of winning too!

Nobody could have predicted unprecedented Russian sabotage and Comey's last minute treason. And she still got 3 million more votes than the Orange idiot! At least it got liberals up from their slumber.

They might have gotten up but all they did was piss themselves and went back to sleep

No they're going full tilt right now. Trump's a max level calamity, so we need to keep this pace for the duration of his Presidency. Up to 4 years.

 

[JakeStarkey]

The majority of Americans are willing to give Trump a chance although he received eleven million less votes of the votes cast.

However, he is stumbling and patience is wearing thin.

Yeah, that is why the economy is exploding into greatness, Trump is failing.

Trump has nothing to do with the Obama economic resurgence, and you know it.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Not even Rasmussen can save Trump's crumbling approval ratings anymore. The guy has no idea what he's doing.

And Hillary had a 97% chance of winning too!

Nobody could have predicted unprecedented Russian sabotage and Comey's last minute treason. And she still got 3 million more votes than the Orange idiot! At least it got liberals up from their slumber.

You and your Russians under the bed is hilarious, thanks for the laugh.
President Trump is making American great again.

 

[Weatherman2020]

The majority of Americans are willing to give Trump a chance although he received eleven million less votes of the votes cast.

However, he is stumbling and patience is wearing thin.

Yeah, that is why the economy is exploding into greatness, Trump is failing.

as soon as you inform the board exactly what Trump policies were passed to stimulate an economic boom I'll buy in ..

You are ignorant as to how the economy works. Economy rides on perceptions and expectations.
And unlike Obama, Trump is doing what the economy likes to hear see coming down in the future.

 

[JakeStarkey]

weatherman has just demonstrated his ignorance all matters economic to the US.

He seems to think that Trump is responsible for the economic resurgence of the last five years.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Not even Rasmussen can save Trump's crumbling approval ratings anymore. The guy has no idea what he's doing.

And Hillary had a 97% chance of winning too!

Nobody could have predicted unprecedented Russian sabotage and Comey's last minute treason. And she still got 3 million more votes than the Orange idiot! At least it got liberals up from their slumber.

You and your Russians under the bed is hilarious, thanks for the laugh.
President Trump is making American great again.

America is already great. Trump is trying to nuke everything that makes it great.

 

[bendog]

It may be that Trump's loss of focus on Trumpcare is a desire to leave that stillbirth on Ryan's doorstep.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Yeah, the wacked are trying to rebrand Trumpcare as Ryancare.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Not even Rasmussen can save Trump's crumbling approval ratings anymore. The guy has no idea what he's doing.

And Hillary had a 97% chance of winning too!

Nobody could have predicted unprecedented Russian sabotage and Comey's last minute treason. And she still got 3 million more votes than the Orange idiot! At least it got liberals up from their slumber.

You and your Russians under the bed is hilarious, thanks for the laugh.
President Trump is making American great again.

America is already great. Trump is trying to nuke everything that makes it great.

Yeah, that is why in the first 90 days after the election the market hit 19,000, then 20,000, then 21,000.......

 

[usmbguest5318]

Construction jobs were up 58,000, private educational services jobs up 29,000, manufacturing jobs up 28,000. This suggests that lots of employers, small as well as large, are taking the plunge and creating new jobs.

Can I prove that they’re doing so because of perceptions that regulations and taxes will be decreased by the Trump administration? No, and I’m not sure any economist’s statistical model could either. But that sure looks like what’s happening.

Where are these jobs? Who's offering them? I have shown below what companies' jobs they are not.

In many instances, one doesn't need to model whether the anticipated jobs result from Trump's policies. The execs at a lot of those companies have already stated the jobs were planned for before Trump took office, sometimes years in advance of that event and in other instances the companies have declined to attribute their job increases to Trump's actions, which frankly can only be called threats. The man hasn't seen passed any actual legislation, negotiated any deals, or written any EOs that have altered a thing that can be shown to have directly created new jobs or that the companies in question have attributed to Trump.

Among the companies that have announced new jobs they'll offer, Trump has claimed personal credit for having catalyzed those jobs' creation. The facts as go some 181K+ (the OP specifically notes a total of 118K jobs) jobs say and/or suggest otherwise:

• ExxonMobil -- The jobs are part of an Exxon project called Growing the Gulf, which was launched in 2013, and some share of the announced 45K jobs were created between 2013 and 2016. (45,000 jobs)
• General Motors -- 7000 jobs were in the works well before Trump; 900 jobs announced later were not attributed to anything having to do with Trump. (7900 jobs)
• Ford -- Ford's CEO made a point of saying the jobs don't have anything to do with Trump's efforts. (700 jobs)
• Fiat-Chrysler-- Fiat's CEO said, "I wish I could give him credit for this, but the thinking was in place beforehand." (2000 jobs)
• Walmart -- Didn't mention Trump in its announcement and its CEO declined to comment. (10,000 jobs)
• Intel -- The investment that would create it's announced 10K job was initiated in 2011. (10,000 jobs)
• Lockheed-Martin -- The positions Hewson announced are linked to production increases that have been in motion for years. Lockheed plans to deliver 150 jets in 2019, compared with 36 aircraft in 2014. (1800 jobs)
• Amazon -- Made no mention of Trump in its announcement of the new jobs it'll offer. The firm was projected to add lots of new jobs anyway as it's growing rapidly. (100,000 jobs)
• Alibaba -- After the January meeting, a reporter asked whether Ma and Trump talked about any investments in the U.S. "No," Ma replied. "We specifically talked about ... supporting 1 million businesses, especially in the Midwest of America." (The quantity of jobs is indeterminate.)
• SoftBank -- 3K jobs as a result of a long in the works deal with OneWeb. (3000 jobs)
• Carrier -- Attributes its 800 jobs to $7M in incentives offered by Indiana. (800 jobs)

When the senior executives at companies make statements like those noted above, one has no need for projections or econometric models in order to know what spurred the jobs being offered.

What's clear is that the timing is fortuitous for Trump, but based on the remarks of the noted companies' spokespersons, it would have been no less fortuitous for anyone else who became POTUS. Now, OP-er, if you have some specifics to show that the 118K jobs referenced in your OP have been specifically attributed to Trump, fine, by all means do share.

I don't have a problem with giving credit where it's due. I do have a problem Trump saying that the jobs have been created during his Administration; they have been. I have a problem with him taking credit personally for their being created during his Administration when it's clear he had nothing to do with it. It's just one more example of Trump claiming something that has no basis in fact.



New jobs are new jobs. They are good things for the people who need and obtain them, as well as for the economy as a whole. Let's not, however, forget what Trump promised to do...He promised to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. Also, lets not forget that well before Trump took office the U.S. has had a glut of some 3M to 5M jobs that employers have not been able to fill.