Microsoft makes another 40 layoffs in Washington, bringing the total in its home state to 3,160 since May, part of 15,000+ cuts globally.

The cuts come as Microsoft has continued to post robust earnings, with its market briefly cresting above $4 trillion last week.

The president attempted to tell a different story about the U.S. economy than what the latest job report revealed. President

Trump has a go-to playbook if the numbers reveal uncomfortable realities, and that’s to discredit or conceal the figures and to attack the messenger — all of which can hurt the president’s efforts to convince the world that America is getting stronger.