unemployment, 3.5%, and across so many different demographics of americans. so this is the a lot to be positive for. we also saw the resolution, as you alluded, for that gm strike which brought back a lot of the manufacturing jobs that had previously been gone. the president absolutely can take a lap from this, a victory lap on this. but the one, if you will, sticky wicket, kristin, continues to be trade and a lot of those sectors which have not seen jobs come back farming, for example, about a 24% increase in farm bankruptcies, or even steel which has seen about a 1% increase in jobs the trade continues to be the real iffy question mark for this economy despite the fact the market and the unemployment numbers look quite good. kristin: i mean, for folks that don t follow the economy all that closely unlike you, of course, you know, we were hearing that, you know, economists were saying that there was going to be about 187,000 new jobs added to this jobs report. obviously, we got wa
jr. he is the founder and president of the national black farmers association. john, thanks for joining us. thank you for having me today. i just listened to what the president said, and basically it sounds like he s given up on american farmers. you know, most americans, if you had told your employer today that you re not going to try to do your job duties until after the election, you basically would be fired. we need the president to take action and to take action right now. farm foreclosures are up, farm bankruptcies are up, and the very people that the president says he s trying to put in a check, which is china, are the very people buying up u.s. farms. this is very devastating news, and farmers right now are in distress. and many familiarers have supported this president hand over fist, and at this point i really don t know how long
steel in argentina. he says u.s. farmers are being hurt by massive devaluations. brazil, and argentina big exports. brazilian soybeans have replaced u.s. soybeans. the president mentioned u.s. farmers showing how comfortable he is with the tariff regime. he says falsely the chinese tariffs are going right into the pockets of american farmers, and he has made them whole. farm bankruptcies are up 24% over the past year. i don t think they would think that s whole. but also bailouts. taxpayer funded bailout, not tariff funded. republicans didn t used to like bailouts. twice the size of the auto bailouts. the president is comfortable with this. what about actually making a deal? the president s supposed to be this deal maker. so far it s just been threats. his new nafta, usmca, he signed it a year ago, exactly a
yet. he doesn t have that. he doesn t have a trade deal with china. he started with this trade strategy to help who? farmers, you know, the midwest and the rust belt. are they better off today than when he started? that could be an interesting calculus for him next year. the farm bureau just said farm bankruptcies are up 24% year over year so you talk about helping the farmers with the bailout. bailout twice the size of the auto bailout. taxpayer funded some polling showed the farmers still sticking with the president. that s true. and he s got their back. see if it lasts if it carries out through november next year, hard to stomach. david sanger, this struck me. the president again talking about who is paying what, what countries are paying what into the nato alliance and it was a weird almost threat to them, nato countries not paying their way, the president says, will be dealt w let me quote him. maybe i ll deal with them from a trade standpoint.