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Trump Touts Decline in US Jobless Rate

Patsy Widakuswara

   WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Donald Trump touted the news of a surprise
   decline in the country's unemployment rate Friday.

   "We have the greatest economy in the world," Trump said during remarks
   in the White House Rose Garden. "And that strength let us get through
   this horrible pandemic."

   The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May, a larger decline than
   most analysts expected, as states relaxed restrictions imposed to slow
   the spread of the coronavirus and businesses started
   rehiring'¯employees.

   Trump spoke for almost an hour in what the White House described as a
   news conference, despite the fact that no media questions were taken.
   He took credit for the job numbers report as'¯an "affirmation" of his
   administration's work. He likened the country's economy to a "strong
   patient."

   "We had a patient that was so powerful, so strong that we could close
   it and open it," he said.

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