Claims of Trump vs Biden employment gains are misleading

Donald Trump's biggest supporters are claiming more than twice as many jobs were created in the first 30 months of his administration than in a comparable period under Joe Biden. This is misleading; the calculations are valid only by excluding millions of jobs lost and gained during the worst period of the coronavirus pandemic. Economists also say the numbers discount other significant factors, and are not an accurate reflection of the impact of each president's policies.

A screenshot from Fox News shared by Donald Trump Jr., the former president's son, on August 18, 2023 on X, and by Daniel Scavino, the social media director in the Trump White House, on Facebook, on September 14 makes the assertion that 4.9 million jobs were created in the first two and a half years of Trump's Republican administration, compared with 2.1 million in the same period under Biden.