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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Isabel Keane

Trump team already looking to spin jobs numbers by claiming deportations are reason they’ll be down

President Donald Trump’s trade adviser has been working to spin the administration's expected low job numbers as a good thing — claiming poor job growth is evidence their immigration crackdown is working.

“The job report’s going to come out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly from what a monthly job number should look like,” White House senior trade adviser Peter Navarro said Tuesday on Fox Business’s Mornings with Maria.

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