President Donald Trump said Tuesday the nation has added over half a million private jobs since his inauguration.

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“These are the jobs that make money, create a better life,” he said.

And while he says private company jobs are up, the number of public federal government jobs are decreasing. Trump bragged that he had laid off 84,000 federal workers.

Earlier in August, Trump fired the head of the agency that produces the monthly job figures after a report showed that hiring slowed in July and was weaker than previously expected. We're not going anywhere.

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