Donald Trump is losing political power as several Trump-endorsed Republican candidates have lost in recent primary elections. These repeated primary losses show that Trump’s political backing no longer guarantees victory.

Donald Trump is threatening global economic warfare against international allies and business entities that trade with Iran. This sudden policy escalation comes after military operations failed to yield a diplomatic agreement.

Senator Darline Graham admitted to lacking basic foreign policy knowledge regarding national security in Taiwan. When pressed in an interview, Graham attempted to distract voters by pivoting to debates about transgender athletes.

Donald Trump falsely claimed complete control over the Strait of Hormuz while publicly thanking corporate sponsor Scotts Miracle-Gro. He also bizarrely stated that he prefers to see negative economic statistics so that interest rates can come down.

Trump looked physically exhausted during a recent public appearance at the White House. Speaking to reporters, he made erratic claims about North Korea and explored the possibility of congressional term limits.

White House executive assistant Natalie Harp worked alongside Donald Trump for over a year without obtaining the required security clearance. Despite safety warnings from Secret Service personnel, Trump granted Harp access because she supplied him with flattering news articles.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez publicly discussed the evolution of progressive social justice movements, describing early activist rhetoric as dysfunctional. While core civil rights issues remain vital, activists must focus on persuasive messaging.

Finally, White House adviser Stephen Miller delivered inaccurate economic data during a recent Fox News interview. Miller falsely claimed that Trump reduced national inflation to 2% and lowered gasoline prices.

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South Carolina Senate candidate Darline Graham struggled during a debate by admitting she lacked national security expertise when asked about Taiwan. She also incorrectly said her state has 50 million residents instead of 5.5 million.

Donald Trump backed away from threatening a 50% tariff on $20 billion of Canadian-imported goods just hours before the deadline. Trump claimed he achieved a trade deal, yet acknowledged the agreement requires finalized documentation.

Preston Harp spoke publicly about his sister, Natalie Harp, who serves as a key White House aide to Donald Trump. He detailed a history of intense devotion to presidents that started long before Trump entered politics.

Natalie Harp maintains direct influence over Donald Trump by filtering the news articles and social media posts he reads. Following the death of her father, Robert Harp, she formed an intense personal attachment to Trump.

Donald Trump used preliminary Census Bureau graphics to assert that widespread noncitizen voting occurred during the 2020 election. However, the data simply reflects unverified database matches.

Fox News issued an on-air correction after broadcasting inaccurate economic data regarding fuel costs. A graphic erroneously listed the previous year’s gasoline price as $4.13 instead of $3.13, masking price increases under Donald Trump.

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It is worth occasionally reminding ourselves who Donald Trump has chosen to keep closest to him in the White House.

Rumors are growing about the nature of Donald Trump’s relationship with his 35-year-old assistant, Natalie Harp. To be clear from the beginning, we do not currently have evidence that Trump and Harp are having an affair or are romantically involved. There are rumors, there are unusual details about their relationship, and there are certainly questions worth asking. But none of that amounts to proof.

What we do know about Harp is arguably more consequential. She has become an extraordinarily devoted member of Trump’s inner circle, with remarkable personal access to the president and significant control over the information he sees. That raises questions that go well beyond whatever may or may not be happening in Trump’s personal life.

An unusually close relationship

Harp has become known as Trump’s “human printer” because she reportedly carries around a portable printer and prints out social media posts, articles and other material she believes Trump would like to see. She has also reportedly left him personal notes and expressed an extraordinary level of devotion, including assurances that she will never abandon him.

Trump appears to value that loyalty enormously. He has reportedly told staff that Harp is the only person who loves him as much as his wife and children, adding that while everyone else around him will eventually leave to make money, Harp will never leave him. Again, none of this proves a romantic relationship, but it does establish that this is not an ordinary president-staffer dynamic.

Another detail has added to the speculation. When Trump was secretly moved from Air Force One in Turkey because of an Iranian assassination threat, Harp was reportedly among the extremely small group of people taken with him. Cabinet officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, remained on the plane believed to potentially be at risk, while Harp accompanied Trump to safety.

Being chosen over the secretary of state for that extraordinarily limited group does not prove romance either. But taken together with everything else we know about Harp’s access and Trump’s comments about her devotion, it is understandable why people are starting to ask exactly what kind of relationship exists between these two.

The “human printer” has real power

For me, the possibility of another Trump affair is hardly the most consequential part of this story. Trump’s personal history is what it is, and another scandal involving his romantic life would not exactly represent a shocking departure from what we already know about him. Harp’s influence over a sitting president deserves much more attention.

By late 2025, Harp reportedly had enormous control over Trump’s Truth Social account. That is not an insignificant responsibility when Trump’s social media posts can influence markets, move political debates and affect foreign policy. She also reportedly plays an important role in determining what information reaches Trump in the first place, meaning her influence potentially extends from what the president consumes to what ultimately gets published under his name.

Think about the dynamic that creates. An aide whose relationship with Trump is defined by extreme personal loyalty is simultaneously helping curate the information presented to him. Harp is reportedly supplying flattering articles and social media posts while remaining close enough to fulfill requests whenever Trump wants something. For a president who has always placed extraordinary value on personal loyalty and praise, that arrangement deserves serious scrutiny.

Presidents inevitably rely on aides to filter an overwhelming amount of information. No president can personally read every report, article, intelligence assessment and political development. The people deciding what reaches the president therefore possess real power, even if most Americans have never heard their names. When one of those gatekeepers is also someone the president describes in intensely personal terms, questions about that person’s influence become entirely legitimate.

The hypocrisy problem

There is another aspect of this story that cannot be ignored. Trump’s political movement, particularly its evangelical wing, has spent years presenting itself as a defender of traditional morality and family values. Political opponents are routinely judged according to supposedly absolute moral standards involving marriage, sexuality and personal behavior.

Yet when those standards become inconvenient for Trump, they have an interesting tendency to disappear.

We still do not know whether there is anything romantic happening between Trump and Harp, and it would be irresponsible to present speculation as established fact. But even the reaction to these rumors tells us something about the political movement surrounding Trump. The possibility of behavior that would produce moral outrage if attached to a Democratic politician suddenly becomes something to explain away, ignore or treat as irrelevant when Trump is involved.

That has been one of the defining characteristics of Trump’s relationship with many evangelical supporters. Personal morality often functions less like a consistent principle and more like a political weapon. The standard is enforced against opponents while exceptions are continually made for the leader.

The questions we can already answer

We may eventually learn more about Trump and Harp’s personal relationship. Perhaps there is a completely ordinary explanation for their closeness. Perhaps additional reporting will reveal something else. Until there is evidence, speculation should remain speculation.

We do not need to speculate, however, about whether Harp has extraordinary access to Donald Trump. We know she does. We do not need rumors to establish that Trump places tremendous value on her personal devotion to him. His own reported comments demonstrate that. And we do not need an affair to make her influence over the information reaching the president worthy of scrutiny.

That is the part of this story I find most consequential. Donald Trump has placed enormous trust in someone whose defining characteristic appears to be unwavering personal loyalty to Donald Trump. She helps determine what he sees, reportedly exercises substantial control over what appears on his social media account, and has become close enough to accompany him during an extraordinary security situation when even senior cabinet officials did not.

Maybe the rumors ultimately amount to nothing. The documented relationship is already unusual enough to warrant attention.

So what do you think? Are the rumors about Trump and Harp a distraction from the bigger issue, or does the unusually personal nature of their relationship make her influence over the president even more concerning?

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Donald Trump promised a brief 2-to-3-week conflict and a 60-day deadline to conclude negotiations with Iran. That deadline has now expired with no nuclear deal reached and the Strait of Hormuz remaining largely closed to international oil trade.

Speaker Mike Johnson faced questions regarding how Republicans plan to defend their House majority as energy prices escalate due to Trump’s Iran war. Rather than addressing economic concerns directly, Johnson praised the American military.

Former television host Natalie Harp previously substituted Donald Trump quotes for Bible verses on air before taking a role in the White House. Her intense personal letters to the president are evidence of an advisor who flatters Trump no matter what.

When asked about Senator Jon Ossoff’s comments regarding aide Natalie Harp, Donald Trump launched into a multi-minute response concerning ballroom construction and drone ports. He never mentioned Harp by name or addressed the nature of their working relationship.

Donald Trump repeatedly interrupted reporter Kristen Holmes, labeled her fake news, and attempted to involve a young guest in criticizing her. He claimed that anyone opposing his planned White House ballroom lacks loyalty to the United States.

During a meeting honoring a young rescue hero, Donald Trump was photographed holding a staff-prepared card featuring photos and biographical information for the attendees. Critics previously cited Joe Biden’s use of identical note cards as evidence of cognitive decline.

Donald Trump requested and returned a mail-in ballot in Palm Beach County for the primary election. While the White House cited his busy schedule and travel as valid reasons for absentee voting, the move is hypocritical given his frequent attacks on mail voting systems nationwide.

Finally, after Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC over an edited video clip of his speech, defense attorneys sought testimony and documents from Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Jared Kushner. Trump’s legal team criticized the move as an abusive tactic, despite it being standard discovery practice in civil litigation.

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Participating in the upcoming 2026 midterm elections allows citizens to appoint congressional representatives who can investigate corruption, issue subpoenas, and limit Donald Trump’s power. While voting does not immediately remove Trump from office, accumulating individual votes determines whether his administration faces opposition before the 2028 presidential election.

Donald Trump held a photo-op to showcase a headline celebrating the sharpest drop in prescription drug prices in over 60 years. However, the report attributes this decline directly to Medicare price negotiations established under the Inflation Reduction Act signed by Joe Biden in 2022.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced her departure at the end of August to raise her two young children. Donald Trump publicly questioned her loyalty, illustrating his expectation that staff organize their lives entirely around him.

Senior officials like deputy national security adviser Andy Baker and press secretary Karoline Leavitt are exiting Donald Trump’s administration amid a high turnover rate. Additionally, 40 House Republicans are not seeking reelection as poll numbers show public support dropping to 35%.

Senator Jon Ossoff delivered a speech addressing the extended deployment of sailors aboard the naval vessel USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East. He targeted Trump for enjoying luxury travel and personal company with his assistant, Natalie Harp, rather than managing the Iran conflict.

Donald Trump posted a rambling message ordering Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to scale back 11 days of scheduled military drills involving 18,000 South Korean troops. Trump defended North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un while complaining about South Korea’s refusal to assist with his war in Iran.

Video recorded during an endorsement appearance in New York shows Donald Trump walking with a noticeable, rigid shape under his suit pants. People are speculating about possible medical devices or even a clothing malfunction.

Finally, many citizens and political figures react with shock when Donald Trump fires experts to hire loyal yes-men and attacks democratic rules. However, this was always an obvious consequence because voters chose a leader who spent his entire career acting self-centered, lying, and breaking basic rules.

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During a Fox News interview, Vice President JD Vance attempted to justify Trump’s shifting war objectives in Iran. His struggle to present clear economic policy solutions illustrates the political challenges he faces ahead of his likely presidential campaign.

Prediction markets show Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez surging past Governor Gavin Newsom into first place for the 2028 Democratic nomination. Her recent media appearances and strategic campaigning have generated strong momentum in an increasingly open primary field.

Karoline Leavitt announced her departure from the White House press office to transition into an outside advisory role. Her decision highlights broader national challenges surrounding maternity leave, childcare costs, and workplace flexibility for working families.

The Kennedy Center board voted for a two-year shutdown to avoid severe budget overruns on facility upgrades. This decision marks another significant delay for high-profile capital projects tied to Donald Trump in Washington.

Prediction markets place the battle for the Senate majority at an even split heading into the 2026 midterm elections. Democrats must defend critical seats in Georgia and Michigan while securing key pickup opportunities in North Carolina and Maine.

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell publicly challenged the results after losing the Minnesota Republican primary by over 45,000 votes. He cited pre-election polling and alleged voting machine issues rather than accepting the official election tally.

Finally, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson is laying the groundwork for a prospective 2028 presidential campaign as an anti-war populist. His recent policy manifestos and media influence position him as a strong alternative to options like JD Vance and Marco Rubio.

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Donald Trump failed to provide logical answers when questioned about avoiding Air Force One during a recent Iranian security incident. Additionally, Trump visibly stumbled while walking across the lawn toward Marine One.

Declassified FBI records reveal federal agents investigated whether Donald Trump acted on behalf of Russia after firing James Comey. Although his campaign welcomed Russian interference, official investigations found no evidence of criminal conspiracy.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims a judicial ruling stripped his voting rights and left him without a legal residence. However, a New York judge simply rejected a fake address RFK Jr. submitted on election forms when he ran for president in 2024.

Executive assistant Natalie Harp controls the news articles and social media posts reaching Donald Trump in the White House. This setup highlights how evangelical political leaders overlook Trump’s personal behavior while demanding moral compliance from others.

Donald Trump promised private donors would fund his White House ballroom without costing taxpayers any money. However, federal records reveal his administration quietly siphoned nearly $1 billion from public agencies and National Park Service entrance fees.

Finally, Donald Trump is taking political credit for falling grocery prices as proof that his economic agenda successfully lowers inflation. However, lettuce prices dropped sixteen percent because a severe parasite outbreak infected thousands of consumers with diarrhea.

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Donald Trump may have just tipped his hand about what he is considering for the November election.

And what is incredibly troubling is that millions, if not tens of millions, of Americans probably have no idea this conversation is even happening.

Trump appeared this week on The Wayne Allyn Root Show, where he was presented with a remarkable proposal: If Congress does not pass the election legislation he wants, declare a national security emergency and use it to impose new voting rules from the White House.

Root suggests Trump can simply require photo ID, require proof of citizenship, limit mail-in ballots, restrict early voting, and do it regardless of what state law says.

Trump could have immediately shut this down. He could have said the president does not have the authority to do that. He could have said election laws cannot simply be rewritten by presidential decree.

Instead, Trump responded with what sounded very much like a wink and a nod.

“Let me just say that stranger things have happened. Okay, I’ll leave it at that.”

That response deserves far more attention than it is getting, because Trump is being encouraged to use emergency powers to interfere with the November election, and rather than rejecting the idea, he appears to be entertaining it.

We have become so desensitized to the insanity of American politics that it is tempting to hear something like this and think, Yeah, yeah, Trump is threatening to do another crazy thing. Give me a break.

But look at what is actually being proposed here.

Root was not asking Trump to support a bill changing federal election law. Congress is already debating the SAVE America Act, legislation that would impose new documentary proof-of-citizenship and photo-ID requirements for federal elections. The House passed the legislation earlier this year, but it has stalled in the Senate.

Root was suggesting that if Congress does not give Trump what he wants, Trump should go around Congress.

Forget the legislative process. Forget state election laws. Forget governors and state attorneys general. Just declare an emergency and start imposing election rules from Washington.

That is an extraordinary power grab.

And when Trump was given the opportunity to shut the door on the idea, he left it very conspicuously open.

His answer had the unmistakable feel of a trial balloon: I’m thinking about it. Keep talking about it. Let’s see how people respond.

That is often how radical ideas become normalized. Someone floats the proposal. Political allies repeat it. Supporters start debating whether it might actually be necessary. Before long, the conversation has moved from This would be outrageous to Well, it is certainly one option.

Trump’s response helps move that process along.

The president does not get to rewrite election law

There is a fairly important obstacle to this plan called the Constitution.

For congressional elections, the Elections Clause gives states the initial responsibility for determining the “Times, Places and Manner” of elections while expressly giving Congress the power to alter those regulations. The president is conspicuously absent from that arrangement.

A presidential emergency declaration does not magically transfer that constitutional authority to the Oval Office.

Trump can declare emergencies that activate powers Congress has already granted to the executive branch. He cannot simply announce an emergency and invent an entirely new presidential power to dictate how states administer elections.

We have already seen courts push back against Trump’s attempts to do this through executive action. His administration has pursued orders involving citizenship verification and mail-in voting, and federal courts have blocked portions of those efforts on the grounds that the executive branch does not possess the authority it is claiming. As recently as this week, a federal judge again blocked the administration from implementing parts of an executive order aimed at restricting mail-in voting.

If Congress wants to change federal election law, Congress can pass legislation. Trump does not get to take that power because he used the word “emergency.”

An illegal order can still create chaos

Here is where this gets more concerning. An unlawful presidential order can still create enormous confusion.

Imagine Trump sitting in the Oval Office shortly before Election Day and announcing that because of some supposed national security threat, he is imposing new restrictions on voting or attempting to postpone some part of the election.

Legally, saying it does not make it so.

But politically and practically? Now you have emergency lawsuits. Election officials are trying to determine what they are supposed to do. Trump-aligned state officials may decide they want to follow his directive even if they are not legally obligated to. Voters suddenly have competing messages about whether the rules have changed.

The resulting chaos could itself damage confidence in the election.

And I can absolutely imagine some Republican attorney general somewhere saying, “Maybe the president can’t force us to do this, but we agree with him, so we’re going to try.”

That is the danger of a president publicly entertaining powers he does not actually possess.

How an extreme idea starts sounding reasonable

There is another piece of this that connects directly to something I have been talking about for years, including in my forthcoming book, Pay Attention.

Most people do not actively choose everything they learn about politics.

Algorithms watch what gets your attention, what makes you angry, what scares you, and what you share. Then they give you more of it.

They are not optimizing for constitutional law. They are optimizing for engagement. And that creates wildly different information environments.

Someone watching my show has probably heard repeatedly that Trump and people around him have been discussing aggressive federal intervention in the 2026 election. They have heard the warnings. They know this conversation is taking place.

Millions of other Americans may encounter an entirely different story.

Their feeds might be filled with stories about undocumented immigrants, sensational crime videos, and claims of widespread illegal voting. They may hear very little about Trump’s allies simultaneously encouraging him to seize powers presidents do not have.

Then imagine Trump actually declares an election emergency.

To someone living inside that information environment, the announcement may suddenly sound logical.

Of course he had to do it. Look at everything I’ve been seeing.

Meanwhile, someone consuming a completely different set of information sees the same presidential announcement and thinks, This is exactly the authoritarian power grab we were warned about.

Same country. Same president. Same announcement. Completely different perceived realities. That is an incredibly dangerous environment in which to conduct an election.

The warning is happening now

The easiest time to recognize an abuse of power is after it happens.

The harder and more important time is while the idea is still being tested.

That is where we are.

Trump has not declared a national election emergency. He has not successfully seized control of state elections. The legal framework still puts election administration primarily in the hands of states, subject to congressional authority over federal election rules.

But someone close to the MAGA information ecosystem just went on the air and encouraged the president of the United States to use emergency powers to circumvent that framework.

Trump could have responded with five simple words: I cannot legally do that.

Instead, he told the audience, “Let me just say that stranger things have happened. Okay, I’ll leave it at that.”

That deserves attention now, rather than the morning after some attempted executive order throws election administration into chaos.

Because once everyone is arguing about injunctions, emergency Supreme Court filings, conflicting instructions to election officials, and whether some Republican state is going along with Trump’s decree, we will already be several steps further down the road.

Being informed is step one.

So what do you make of Trump refusing to shut this idea down? Do you see this as another Trump trial balloon that will disappear, or something Americans should be taking very seriously before November? Tell me your thoughts in the comments.

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Donald Trump refused to reject a proposal from talk show host Wayne Allyn Root to declare a national emergency and force new election rules from the White House without congressional approval. Changing voting procedures belongs exclusively to states and Congress.

Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton appeared on television to request urgent financial backing after being dramatically outspent by Democratic rival James Talarico. Trump backed Paxton during the primary over incumbent Senator John Cornyn, but that personal endorsement failed to translate into small-dollar donor excitement.

Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows the American labor force lost over 1.3 million participants over a one-year period while overall participation dropped to 61.4%. Official unemployment figures dropped primarily because discouraged workers stopped searching for positions.

Donald Trump repeatedly closed his eyes and disengaged during an official government event regarding childhood vaccines inside the Oval Office. These repeated incidents raise ongoing questions about Trump’s stamina and medical transparency.

Private corporations routinely force consumers to absorb financial and administrative burdens. Taxpayers frequently fund infrastructure, research, and public developments only to pay private corporate owners repeatedly to use those same finished services.

Donald Trump claimed he personally required doctors to separate his children’s childhood vaccines during the 1980s, long before anti-vaccine theories gained widespread political traction. He signed an executive order this week advocating for separate shots that are not legally licensed or manufactured within the United States.

Finally, intelligence agencies uncovered a credible threat from Iranian-linked groups, prompting security officials to transport Donald Trump off Air Force One inside a catering truck to secretly board an alternate military aircraft. Reporters and staff remained on the main presidential plane as unwitting decoys while the president flew separately.

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If Democrats reclaim the House, they plan to issue direct subpoenas to private firms like Apple, BlackRock, and Blackstone, circumventing executive privilege entirely. Rather than rushing into impeachment, investigators will target corporate donations, defense contracts, and foreign funding tied to Donald Trump and his network.

Potential Trump successors JD Vance and Marco Rubio face a party structure centered entirely on one man’s ego rather than a lasting political platform. Trump consistently turns on allies who gain independent popularity or threaten to eclipse his dominance among conservative voters.

Democrats’ “Fighting for an Affordable America” campaign framework lacks the clear, numbered policy points required to effectively contrast with Republican failures. Voters need concrete numbers regarding healthcare, childcare, and housing costs rather than generic political themes that fail to inspire turnout.

The Republican Party abandoned core conservative principles to satisfy the changing personal demands of its leader, Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump sits on a massive campaign fund while offering virtually no financial support to down-ballot Republicans facing difficult midterm races.

Fabricating easily disproven claims allows Donald Trump to measure absolute loyalty by forcing associates to repeat false statements publicly. When Republican politicians publicly validate obvious lies, they signal that personal allegiance to the leader outweighs factual reality and personal integrity.

Vice President JD Vance interpreted a basic household incident involving a falling glass as a supernatural message from God. This inclination to reframe ordinary physical accidents as divine intervention allows him to view everyday coincidences as supernatural validation of his political career.

Finally, AI tools will allow political campaigns to manufacture fake audio, realistic video clips, and entire synthetic rallies to deceive voters. Dishonest candidates can easily dismiss authentic footage as deepfakes while distributing untraceable fabrications right before major elections.

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Donald Trump previously demanded the unconditional surrender of Iran during the escalating war and naval blockade. Now, Trump reportedly plans to exit the conflict without securing a verified nuclear agreement if Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz.

Economic data revealed significant job losses for July, with consumer prices increasing by 3.5% and gasoline prices rising by nearly 27%. Meanwhile, Donald Trump was photographed struggling to walk at his golf course.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez deliberately left open the possibility of a 2028 presidential campaign. She also publicly detailed her decision to freeze her eggs to normalize discussions around women’s health and reproductive care.

Former Republican Senator Jeff Flake and two Georgia mayors publicly endorsed Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff over Republican candidate Mike Collins. Recent polling indicates Senator Ossoff leading Collins by nine points.

Democratic candidates such as Senator Jon Ossoff in Georgia, Roy Cooper in North Carolina, and Sherrod Brown in Ohio lead their Republican opponents in recent polling. These candidates are focusing on jobs, healthcare, and economic affordability.

Hunter Biden revealed that former President Joe Biden’s Stage 4 metastatic cancer has spread beyond his bones. Donald Trump’s comments about Joe Biden even after his diagnosis put into question how the White House would handle potential funeral proceedings.

Finally, the United States lost 23,000 jobs in July under President Donald Trump while previous months underwent significant downward revisions. Monthly job gains under Trump now average 34,000, compared to the average of 336,000 jobs added monthly during the presidency of Joe Biden.

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