'Healthiest Americans Ever' Refuse To Work: Record 105.8 Million Exit Labour Force Under Trump

Under Trump administration, a record 105.8 million Americans are now out of the labor force. Slowing hiring and inflation-lagging wages raise fresh concerns over the US economy. (Credit: Flickr/The White House)

A record 105.8 million Americans have exited the labour force under the Trump administration, shattering previous historical markers set during the Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis data and US Bureau of Labour Statistics figures reveal a cooling US economy defined by slumping nonfarm payrolls, sluggish hiring, and stubborn inflation eating away at real worker wages.