Fox host said to be 'nearly in tears' after ill-timed jobs report wallops Trump admin
Alexander Willis
October 2, 2026
RAW STORY
FILE PHOTO: Workers listen to Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump as he makes a campaign stop at manufacturer FALK Production in Walker, Michigan, U.S. September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Fox Business’ Charles Payne was “nearly in tears” Friday after the Labor Department’s latest jobs report fell “far short of expectations,” independent journalist Aaron Rupar said.
“The rate of growth has slowed dramatically, and that just exacerbates this inflationary situation because gasoline is up, but the rate of growth of your wages is not,” a solemn-looking Payne said on Fox Business. “It gets back again to policy.”
According to the Labor Department, 29,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in September, far below the 84,000 analysts were expecting. The unemployment rate increased from 4.1% to 4.2%, and job numbers for August and July were revised to show “60,000 fewer jobs than previously reported.”
As noted by countless critics, the jobs report will be the last such report before the midterms, with MeidasTouch Editor-in-Chief Ron Filipkowski predicting outrage from President Donald Trump over the report’s findings.
“Who does Trump fire this time after the latest terrible jobs report? The person who did the math?” Filipkowski asked in a social media post on X.
Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Moe Davis joked that the report had ushered in “Trump’s Golden Shower Age,” a tongue-in-cheek reference to Trump’s frequent claims that the United States is experiencing a “New Golden Age.”
“It's another weak jobs report,” wrote Nebraska historian Dennis P. Crawford in a social media post on X. “In contrast, the economy created 256,000 jobs in December 2024. Trump promised an economic boom beginning on day one. Where is it?”
CNBC called the jobs report a “big miss,” CNN said the report “came in surprisingly cold,” and activist, author and former Wall Street executive Amy Siskind laid the blame squarely at Trump’s feet.
“Another bad jobs report and revisions for lower hiring over the summer. This is the Trump era,” Siskind wrote in a social media post on X.
Alexander Willis
October 2, 2026
RAW STORY
FILE PHOTO: Workers listen to Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump as he makes a campaign stop at manufacturer FALK Production in Walker, Michigan, U.S. September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Fox Business’ Charles Payne was “nearly in tears” Friday after the Labor Department’s latest jobs report fell “far short of expectations,” independent journalist Aaron Rupar said.
“The rate of growth has slowed dramatically, and that just exacerbates this inflationary situation because gasoline is up, but the rate of growth of your wages is not,” a solemn-looking Payne said on Fox Business. “It gets back again to policy.”
According to the Labor Department, 29,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in September, far below the 84,000 analysts were expecting. The unemployment rate increased from 4.1% to 4.2%, and job numbers for August and July were revised to show “60,000 fewer jobs than previously reported.”
As noted by countless critics, the jobs report will be the last such report before the midterms, with MeidasTouch Editor-in-Chief Ron Filipkowski predicting outrage from President Donald Trump over the report’s findings.
“Who does Trump fire this time after the latest terrible jobs report? The person who did the math?” Filipkowski asked in a social media post on X.
Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Moe Davis joked that the report had ushered in “Trump’s Golden Shower Age,” a tongue-in-cheek reference to Trump’s frequent claims that the United States is experiencing a “New Golden Age.”
“It's another weak jobs report,” wrote Nebraska historian Dennis P. Crawford in a social media post on X. “In contrast, the economy created 256,000 jobs in December 2024. Trump promised an economic boom beginning on day one. Where is it?”
CNBC called the jobs report a “big miss,” CNN said the report “came in surprisingly cold,” and activist, author and former Wall Street executive Amy Siskind laid the blame squarely at Trump’s feet.
“Another bad jobs report and revisions for lower hiring over the summer. This is the Trump era,” Siskind wrote in a social media post on X.
Alexander Willis
October 2, 2026
RAW STORY
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives to deliver remarks on the U.S. economy and affordability at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, U.S. December 9, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
A total of 29,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in September, according to a report published Friday from the Labor Department, a figure “far short of expectations,” The Wall Street Journal reported.
According to the Journal, analysts were expecting 84,000 jobs to be added to the U.S. economy in September, a figure nearly three times greater than what the Labor Department reported. Additionally, the unemployment rate for September was also found to be slightly worse than what analysts predicted, ticking up from 4.1% to 4.2%.
The jobs report, which CNBC described as “pointing to a surprising soft spot in the labor market and broader economy,” was released as markets closely watch the Federal Reserve, which analysts suspect may vote to hike interest rates for a second time later this month.
The Labor Department’s report also included revisions to job numbers it had reported for August and July.
“In addition to the weakness in September, the August jobs count was revised lower to reflect a gain of 133,000 while July switched from a gain to a loss as payrolls fell by 10,000,” CNBC reported. “The revisions in total showed 60,000 fewer jobs than previously reported.”
The report comes as President Donald Trump’s deeply unpopular war against Iran continues to rattle the U.S. economy, with Fox Business hosts recently voicing fears that it may trigger a recession in the coming months.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives to deliver remarks on the U.S. economy and affordability at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, U.S. December 9, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
A total of 29,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in September, according to a report published Friday from the Labor Department, a figure “far short of expectations,” The Wall Street Journal reported.
According to the Journal, analysts were expecting 84,000 jobs to be added to the U.S. economy in September, a figure nearly three times greater than what the Labor Department reported. Additionally, the unemployment rate for September was also found to be slightly worse than what analysts predicted, ticking up from 4.1% to 4.2%.
The jobs report, which CNBC described as “pointing to a surprising soft spot in the labor market and broader economy,” was released as markets closely watch the Federal Reserve, which analysts suspect may vote to hike interest rates for a second time later this month.
The Labor Department’s report also included revisions to job numbers it had reported for August and July.
“In addition to the weakness in September, the August jobs count was revised lower to reflect a gain of 133,000 while July switched from a gain to a loss as payrolls fell by 10,000,” CNBC reported. “The revisions in total showed 60,000 fewer jobs than previously reported.”
The report comes as President Donald Trump’s deeply unpopular war against Iran continues to rattle the U.S. economy, with Fox Business hosts recently voicing fears that it may trigger a recession in the coming months.
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