‘It’s raining jobs’: Trump says jobs growth ‘smashed all expectations’

WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump celebrated a stronger-than-expected May jobs report on Friday, June 5, highlighting the addition of 172,000 jobs and using the figures to argue that the US economy continues to outperform forecasts. 

In a social media post and during a farmer roundtable in Wisconsin, Trump criticized Democrats, mocked economists who underestimated job growth, and referenced California's election vote-counting process. The president also pointed to wage growth, stock market performance, and manufacturing hiring as evidence of broader economic momentum.

Trump cites hiring surge, criticizes economic forecasts

Trump touted the May employment figures, which exceeded economists' expectations in a post on X. “Despite the best efforts of the America Hating Dumocrat Party, which did its very best to DESTROY the USA during the four long years of the Autopen Administration, over 172,000 AMERICANS found Jobs in May alone!” Trump wrote.

He also criticized Bloomberg economists for underestimating the hiring numbers and compared the speed of reporting employment data with the election result tabulation in California.

“As usual, 100 PERCENT of Bloomberg Economists ... underestimated our Economy,” Trump wrote. “UNLIKE the phony California Election results, these numbers don't take months and months to ‘trickle in.’”

Trump concluded the post by writing: “They always say ‘April showers bring May flowers.’ Well, here in the ‘HOTTEST’ Country in the World, in both April AND May, IT'S RAINING JOBS!”

 Earlier in the day, speaking at a farm roundtable in Wisconsin, Trump also emphasized the May employment report, which nearly doubled many economists’ projections. “I’m delighted to report that for the third month in a row the jobs numbers ... smashed all expectations,” Trump said. “And this is during a military conflict."

Trump described the figures as the strongest monthly employment gains of his administration and pointed to manufacturing and construction hiring as evidence of broader economic strength. “These are the strongest job numbers of the entire administration so far,” he said.

Wisconsin remarks focus on energy costs, inflation, and economic outlook

Trump also addressed concerns about energy prices and agricultural costs, arguing that fuel and fertilizer prices would decline after the ongoing conflict involving Iran is resolved. “We’re going to come out, and your fertilizer prices are going to go way down, just like they were four months ago,” Trump said.

He added that he expected prices to improve within roughly three months. “I told Ken Custer, ‘90 days, watch what happens, you could be better, better than you were four months ago,’” Trump said.

The president argued that recent increases in agricultural input costs were tied to military operations and instability in global energy markets. “Over the last couple of months, since we went in for the military operation, you’ve seen fertilizer go up, and you’ve seen the energy go up,” he said. “It’s going to come down to where it was, or lower.”

Trump also highlighted wage growth, manufacturing expansion, and stock market gains, telling attendees that retirement accounts had benefited from rising equity markets. “Your 401ks, as you know, just hit a record high, so that’s everybody,” he said.