NASHVILLE — Today’s jobs report shows a weakening job market under Trump and Republicans, with the economy adding just 50,000 jobs, and 2025 seeing the slowest monthly average job growth since 2003, excluding recessions. Manufacturing jobs continue to bleed, with the sector losing 8,000 jobs in November, the eighth straight month of losses, bringing total manufacturing job losses under Trump to 63,000. Meanwhile, the labor force participation rate has declined. In Tennessee, the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development reported 8,856 employees laid off during the year, which is the highest number on record since the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic.

In response to the disastrous December jobs report, Tennessee Democratic Party Chair Rachel Campbell released the following statement: 

“Just eleven months of Donald Trump has thrown the job market into chaos. Tennessee job cuts are skyrocketing, hiring has slowed, and unemployment is still high. Meanwhile, Tennessee working families are being squeezed as prices continue to soar. Take a look around: Our economy is in shambles, and Tennesseans are struggling. And what is Trump doing? Running a foreign country bankrolled off Tennesseans’ hard-earned dollars. The message is clear: Trump and Republicans from Congress to our state legislature will always put Tennesseans last.”

Under Trump, working Tennesseans are finding it harder than ever before to land a job. Earlier this week, US employers announced 1,206,374 job cuts, the highest level since 2020, and the seventh highest annual total since 1989. In the fourth quarter, employers announced plans to cut 259,948, the highest fourth-quarter total since 2008. A reminder: Trump promised to deliver an economic ‘golden age’ to Tennesseans, but all he has done is sling Tennessee’s economy through the mud to enrich his billionaire friends. Now, Tennessee families are grappling with the economic pain caused by Trump’s toxic agenda.