Mini-Post: Thank You Mr. Trump

Hey... you just set some new records!

You should really be proud of yourself! Three. records in one week... WOW!

Job cuts in October hit highest level for the month in 22 years, Challenger says

CNBC

By Jeff Cox

Nov 6 2025

Layoff announcements soared in October as companies recalibrated staffing levels during the artificial intelligence boom, a sign of potential trouble ahead for the labor market, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

Job cuts for the month totaled 153,074, a 183% surge from September and 175% higher than the same month a year ago. It was the highest level for any October since 2003. This has been the worst year for announced layoffs since 2009.

“Like in 2003, a disruptive technology is changing the landscape,” said Andy Challenger, workplace expert and chief revenue officer at the firm. “At a time when job creation is at its lowest point in years, the optics of announcing layoffs in the fourth quarter are particularly unfavorable.”

The report provides a glimpse into the labor market at a time when the government has suspended data gathering and releases during the shutdown in Washington, D.C.

Amazing... you broke the record set all the way back at the turn of the century! Are you proud of your self Donald?

The government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history. See how it compares

NPR News

By Rachel Treisman

November 5, 2025

The ongoing government shutdown entered its 36th full day on Wednesday, which officially makes it the longest in U.S. history.

It takes the title from the most recent shutdown, which stretched from December 2018 to January 2019 during the first Trump administration.

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While Republicans control both chambers, they need 60 votes to pass a spending bill in the Senate. Democrats are using that as leverage to push for an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies that are due to expire at the end of this year, potentially leaving millions of Americans without health insurance. Republicans have said they are open to talks on the subsidies — but only after the government reopens.

You know that takes some real effort in not doing a damn thing to end the impasse!

And the third record took some effort on your part to get the lowest polling numbers for a president!

The Economist wrote,

Once the honeymoon is over, presidents tend to lose popularity quickly. But no recent president has fallen so low so quickly as Donald Trump. At the start of his second term public opinion was nearly evenly divided between those who approved of the president and those who did not. Now his net approval rating—those who approve of the job he is doing less those who do not—is minus 18. That is three percentage points lower than any point in his first term. Mr Trump’s numbers are poor even on the issues at the centre of his political platform. Net approval for his handling of immigration is minus 7. On inflation and prices, it is minus 33.

The biggest shift away from Mr Trump has been among Americans under 30 years old. His net approval among that group was positive 3 when he returned to the Oval Office. Now it is minus 40. His ratings among Hispanic and black Americans, which began negative, have also plummeted. And white Americans, who approved of him on net by 16 points back in January, are now evenly split. According to analysis by The Economist, every state, save Idaho, has moved against Mr Trump. Oklahoma has swung hardest, from positive 27 net approval to minus 12.

You know Mr. Trump it really takes work to hit the bottom so early in your term!