Latest Jobs Report Explains Why Dems Hate Trump So Much

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The latest jobs report had good news for the country, but terrible news for the party of Big Government.

In January, the economy added 172,000 private sector jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which was better than economists had expected (which seems to be a running theme in the Trump administration). And the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.3%.

So, what’s the bad news for Democrats? The number of federal government jobs shrank by 32,000.

Worse still, this is on top of a string of monthly government job losses since President Donald Trump took office.

In fact, since January 2025, the number of federal workers (not counting postal workers) has plunged by 312,300.

And while there are still more than 2 million federal workers on the payroll, we now have the smallest federal workforce since 2009. And this is just in Trump’s first year in office.

Why is this a problem for Democrats? It’s not just that it means there are fewer allies inside government who can subvert Trump’s agenda.

The real problem is that federal workers pay dues to unions, which in turn finance Democratic campaigns. The fewer government workers there are, the harder it gets to raise campaign cash.

Follow the money, as the saying goes.