Trump might not appreciate this 1 fact from the jobs report

Donald Trump.
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The U.S. economy performed well in February, per the jobs report released Friday, exceeding expectations and adding 313,000 non-farm jobs. The gain marked the biggest increase since mid-2016.

President Trump might be happy to tout the strength of the economy under his watch — except for one glaring fact from the report that would appear to disprove his claim that America needs steep tariffs to protect its steelworkers:

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Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.