The Wall Street Journal editorial board is warning President Trump that his strategy of blaming bad news on Joe Biden is rapidly running out of road.
“President Trump finds vindication wherever he looks,” the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper‘s board wrote in an editorial, adding that “blaming Joe Biden for bad economic news won’t work as an excuse for much longer.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Trump had indeed pointed the finger at his predecessor after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced there were almost a million fewer jobs created in the 12 months to March 2025 than the agency had previously estimated.
Downward revisions to job market stats aren’t uncommon. But the latest figures indicate new jobs in the U.S. averaged about 75,000 a month, roughly half what previous surveys had shown an