The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board has published a snark-filled reaction to August’s disastrous jobs report for President Donald Trump.
The conservative paper, owned by Rupert Murdoch, placed blame for the slowdown on Trump and his tariff crusade, which is wrecking the very industries—like mining and manufacturing—that he campaigned on saving last year.
“What Mr. Trump needs is a broad revival in business confidence of the kind that accompanied his November victory and appeared before his tax on imports and willy-nilly interventions in private business decisions,” the editorial board wrote. “Repeat after us: Tariffs are taxes, and taxes hurt economic growth.”
Figures from Thursday’s job report back up the Journal’s assertion.
As the paper noted Friday, the manufacturing sector