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Hi there, my sanction is Alexa, and for each period of Donald Trump's presidency, I'm tracking the existent numbers achieved by his administration connected BuzzFeed.

(AKA the unemployment rate, outgo of eggs, state prices, inflation, the Dow Jones, whether citizens received a stimulus check, and Trump's wide support rating.)

Earlier this month, Trump addressed the federation with a televised speech wherever helium fundamentally insisted that the country's system is booming, and anyone who says different is simply a liar, liar, pants connected fire.

It wasn't precisely convincing, considering Americans are facing monolithic security hikes successful 2026 due to the fact that Trump and his enactment precocious chose to let Affordable Care Act subsidies to expire successful 2 weeks. Likewise, our pockets are shrinking arsenic the cost of food and surviving bloat. 

Despite his champion efforts successful trying to person citizens the system is the "hottest" it's ever been, here's a existent look astatine however the 79-year-old's numbers played retired successful November 2025 (and spoiler, it paints a precise antithetic picture):

Note: Data connected ostentation is released a fewer weeks aft each period has ended, truthful our reports volition look astatine the erstwhile month's numbers. 

Getting information connected the unemployment complaint betwixt September and November has been plagued and vague owed to the authorities shutdown this year. September's numbers were late. October's complaint was altogether canceled, and November appears to person travel successful astatine 4.6% according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

For idiosyncratic who brags astir a booming economy, the dependable summation successful Americans searching for enactment definite doesn't bode good for the president's claims. 

Ah, the terms of eggs. Another cursed number. 

Food indexes are besides released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and truthful we won't beryllium getting an October number. I can, however, study that eggs officially dropped nether the $3 mark, and you tin find a people A twelve for astir $2.86 connected mean successful November. 

Bye-bye avian flu! 

Shifting from a affirmative to a negative, the outgo of beef is still skyrocketing, and I proceed to find that giving up reddish nutrient this twelvemonth was 1 of the champion fiscal decisions I've made. 

If you're looking for a lb of beef, prices jumped to $6.50 connected mean successful November. 

(And yes, the authorities shutdown is inactive acting arsenic the Ghost of Christmas past, and we volition not beryllium getting an October mean present either.) 

Gas is going down, though! I'm definite y'all volition flood the remark conception with section prices wayyyyy higher than the nationalist average, and privation you saw numbers arsenic debased arsenic this, but according to the Energy Information Administration, a gallon of gasoline outgo astir $3.179 past month. 

Inflation dropped to its lowest constituent successful months, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2.7% figure has raised a fewer eyebrows.

According to the New York Times, "For the ostentation report, galore economists were caught disconnected defender by the mode the B.L.S. handled the distortions, which is portion of wherefore they are casting truthful overmuch uncertainty connected the numbers published today."

The supra is fancy talk to accidental that the authorities shutdown caused "distortions" successful the information surrounding inflation, and truthful it whitethorn oregon whitethorn not overgarment a prettier representation than reality. 

Meanwhile, the Dow Jones neither roseate nor fell successful November, according to Stat Muse. So, there's that. 

We're approaching a afloat twelvemonth nether Trump's 2nd presidency, and there's inactive nary stimulus cheque successful show for struggling Americans. What happened to those $2,000 tariff dividend checks Trump promised on Truth Social? I haven't heard a azygous connection of it since Nov. 9. 

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Trump's support standing deed an all-time debased for this term. Gallup reports that lone 36% of Americans o.k. of however Trump's 2nd presidency is going. It's looking BLEAK. 

Those are our stats for November. Now, let's look astatine comments we received connected our last edition successful a small conception I similar to telephone ✨Comment Corner✨.

It's not uncommon for maine to spot comments from conservatives who assertion the information presented successful this study is "fake news." Usually, I constituent to the information that the information is retrieved from sources similar the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the US Energy Administration, which autumn nether Trump's ain administration. So, if the numbers are "fake news," that would mean these MAGA commenters judge Trump's radical are spreading fake news... 

Quite the conundrum there! 

I admit the readership, regardless. <3 

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