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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eric Garcia

DARK SECRETS: Mixed economic data puts trump s domestic agenda at risk | Vintage Vibes

President Donald Trump received some rosy news on Friday morning when the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its report showing that the U.S. economy added 177,000 jobs in April.

This came the month that Trump announced his “liberation day” tariffs, which he eventually paused while still keeping an across-the-board 10 percent tariff and a whopping overall 145 percent tariff on China.

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