Pres. Trump held a press briefing to hail the June jobs report, as economists cautioned that it might not accurately represent the current employment climate.
The president announced that 4.8 million jobs were added in June, calling it “spectacular news.”came to the White House briefing room Thursday morning to tout new employment numbers showing that 4.8 million jobs were added in June, calling it"spectacular news."
President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House, July 2, 2020. After the president departed without taking questions, his economic advisers continued to defend the administration's push to reopen the economy amid the coronavirus even as some states have since had to reverse course due to a surge in cases.
While Mnuchin sought to place primary responsibility on the states, he said he thinks they have struck"the right balance and we're working with the states on the health issues and the economic issues." “Because he’s the president of the United States and people are not around him close and the people who are around are tested, I don't think he needs to wear a mask, but the rest of us and absolutely in the president support wearing a mask,” Mnuchin said.
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