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Fact-Check: Trump’s Jackson 10% Workforce Claim False

7/11/2026

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Fact-checkers determined that President Donald Trump’s claim that Andrew Jackson cut ten percent of the federal workforce to fight corruption is inaccurate.
Historian Daniel Feller noted that Jackson removed many civil servants but subsequently rehired and even expanded the bureaucracy.
President Donald Trump continues to reshape public narratives by linking his policies to distorted versions of American history.
Full access to the fact-check is behind a subscription paywall.

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Fact-checkers determined that President Donald Trump’s claim that Andrew Jackson cut ten percent of the federal workforce to fight corruption is inaccurate.
Historian Daniel Feller noted that Jackson removed many civil servants but subsequently rehired and even expanded the bureaucracy.
President Donald Trump continues to reshape public narratives by linking his policies to distorted versions of American history.
Full access to the fact-check is behind a subscription paywall.