President Donald Trump is touting Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data as a societal good without acknowledging the growing problem the U.S. faces.

BLS found that since Trump’s second term, women have accounted for almost all job growth in the U.S. While this may be a gain for women, it completely ignores the disastrous path American men find themselves on. The BLS Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey is based on the employer payroll survey used to create the monthly U.S. jobs report.

The CES found that women account for more than 100 percent of net payroll growth from December 2024 through August 2026. Men’s payroll count edged down. Since Trump’s inauguration, women gained around 747,000 jobs, while men gained only about 60,000, according to the Daily Wire’s analysis of the data.

Trump responded by praising the news on his Truth Social account, saying, “No wonder they like me!!!”

While it may have been widely praised to see female employment skyrocket in America several decades ago, Americans are now more aware of the implications for working-age men. But before we get into that, it’s important to clarify the difference between unemployment and dropout.

Official unemployment rates quantify the number of people, in this case, men, who still want to work. Those who have decided to leave the workforce highlight a........

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