During a meeting with U.S. governors, President Trump claimed his daughter created millions of jobs. (Joy Yi/The Washington Post)
“My daughter Ivanka, who is going to be speaking later, is — she has been so much involved. So incredibly involved. My daughter has created millions of jobs. I don’t know if anyone knows that, but she’s created millions of jobs.”
— President Trump, remarks to U.S. governors, Feb. 25, 2019
These remarks from the president raised eyebrows — and inquiries from readers. The U.S. economy has added almost 4.9 million jobs since Trump became president, but regular readers know we would frown on the idea that any president himself “created” these jobs.
Now, he says his daughter Ivanka Trump created jobs. What is he talking about?
View the complete February 27 article by Glenn Kessler on The Washington Post website here.