The final jobs report of President Joe Biden's presidency showed better-than-expected success. The unemployment rate also dropped to 4.1%, which analysts were shocked to see. The unemployment rate was expected to stagnate, while some Biden critics whispered it could even decrease.
Biden said in a release: "Although I inherited the worst economic crisis in decades with unemployment above 6% when I took office, we’ve had the lowest average unemployment rate of any administration in 50 years with unemployment at 4.1% as I leave..."
Still, wrote Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on X, "Just like the first time around, Donald Trump is inheriting an economy with strong job growth."
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Freelance journalist Aaron Rupar said that even Fox host Maria Bartiromo "and company" were "grasping for reasons to be negative. End of an era."
The parody New York Times pitch bot is well-known for making fun of the newspaper for editorials that take the successes of Biden and turn them into a negatives that Trump will take credit for.
"Strong jobs report shows that Biden recession has ended, Trump recovery has begun," the account joked on Blue Sky.
"Popular Information," writer Judd Legum said that "the stock market has tumbled today. Why? Because the jobs report was strong, with over 250,000 jobs added. (So investors are worried that interest rates will remain high.) It illustrates that the interests of investors and working people are often very different."
"Today's job report was yet more robust evidence that Mr. Trump will step into the presidency inheriting the strongest economy in a half century. Labor markets tight, labor productivity rising, wages rising, price levels stable and rates of return on capital investment strong," said Professor Michael J. Hicks.
A fewnoticed that on Fox News the positive jobs numbers were contrasted with images of the red stock decline images.