Donald Trump endorsed the idea promoted first by former GE CEO Jack Welch on Friday that President Obama used, as Trump put it, “a lot of monkey business” to make the unemployment rate drop from 8.1 percent in August to 7.8 percent in September in order to help his re-election effort, during an appearance on “Fox & Friends” Monday morning. Trump also predicted the number will be readjusted back up only after Obama wins re-election.
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