Ledger · 2016 campaign · № 69
Create 25 million jobs over ten years
Never delivered“I am going to be the greatest jobs president that God ever created... we will produce 25 million jobs over 10 years.”
- Promised
- , Economic Club of New York speech (jobs boast from June 16, 2015 launch)
- Stated deadline
- “10 years” → September 16, 2026
- Overdue by
- 6 days as of September 22, 2026
- Re-promised
- 10 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Economy & prices
- Era
- 2016 campaign
What happened
The United States finished Trump's term with a net loss of about 2.7 million jobs, the first net job loss under any president since records began in 1939. Even before the pandemic, job growth from January 2017 to February 2020 trailed the pace of Obama's second term.