Trump Economic Advisor Says Trump Deserves No Credit for Strong Jobs Report

Earlier today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released payroll data that showed the U.S. added 235,000 jobs in February. Naturally, Donald Trump commemorated the event on his favorite social- media platform, retweeting the Drudge Report headline “GREAT AGAIN: +235,000,” while his chief of staff, Reince Priebus,tweeted “.@POTUS Trump delivers in first #JobsReport. 235,000 new jobs and unemployment rate down to 4.7%. Great news for American workers!” What Team Trump didn’t mention, though, was that in February 2016, the U.S. adde