### Trump to Criticize Vice President Harris Over Disappointing Job Report at North Carolina Rally

In an upcoming rally in North Carolina this Saturday, former President Donald Trump plans to criticize Vice President Kamala Harris, attributing recent job losses to her economic policies. According to prepared remarks, Trump will specifically blame Harris for the loss of tens of thousands of jobs, contrary to the Department of Labor’s attribution of these losses to the impacts of hurricanes Helene and Milton.

"Yesterday, it was announced that our country lost nearly 30,000 private sector jobs last month alone, along with nearly 50,000 manufacturing jobs in a single month," Trump is expected to say. "They're trying to blame the hurricane for the jobs numbers—but it wasn't Hurricane Helene, it was Hurricane Kamala."

In his remarks, Trump will highlight the severe impact he believes Harris’s economic agenda has had on the American labor market. He will state that over 100,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost since the beginning of the year, with 150,000 Americans joining the unemployment rolls just in the last month, and almost a quarter-million people exiting the labor force.

The Department of Labor's latest report, released on Friday, indicates that U.S. job growth decelerated significantly in October, with employers adding only 12,000 jobs, far below the predicted increase of 113,000 by LSEG economists. This figure marks the lowest monthly job creation since December 2020. The unemployment rate remained steady at 4.1%, consistent with expectations.

Additionally, the job numbers from the previous two months underwent downward revisions. August’s job creation was adjusted from a gain of 159,000 to 78,000, a reduction of 81,000 jobs. Similarly, September's numbers were revised down from 254,000 to 223,000, a decrease of 31,000 jobs.

The private sector saw a reduction of 28,000 jobs in October, defying expectations of a 90,000-job increase by LSEG economists. The manufacturing sector experienced a significant decline, losing 46,000 jobs largely due to ongoing strike activities in the transportation equipment manufacturing sector. This strike included around 33,000 unionized machinists at Boeing who have been on strike since early September.

Other sectors showed mixed performance. The construction sector added only 8,000 jobs, below its average monthly increase of 20,000 over the past year. Conversely, the health care sector saw an addition of 52,300 jobs, aligning closely with its average monthly gain of 58,000 over the previous year. The government sector added 40,000 jobs, which is near its typical monthly growth of 43,000 jobs over the past 12 months.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics noted that while Hurricane Helene made landfall before the employment survey's reference period, Hurricane Milton struck during the report period, affecting the southeast region where many of the job losses were recorded.