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HUGE Jobs Report for August: 'Triple the Expectations'

Matt Margolis-Opinion : Sep 4, 2026  PJ Media

Democrats built their entire economic message around the idea that Trump's policies were failing everyday Americans. This jobs report just blew a hole straight through it. Wages are up. Participation is up. Job creation tripled what economists projected. And now even CNN can't pretend otherwise.

[PJMedia.com] America's economy just handed Democrats their worst Friday of the year, mere weeks before the midterms. (Screengrab image: via CNN)

The Labor Department's August 2026 jobs report dropped Friday morning, and it left the doom-and-gloom crowd on the Left with nothing to say. Employers added 162,000 jobs last month, crushing what economists were predicting and delivering exactly the kind of number Democrats have spent all summer insisting Donald Trump's economy couldn't produce. The new jobs were actually triple the expectations.

It gets worse for the left.

The report didn't just beat expectations for August; it rewrote the story of the entire summer. The Labor Department revised July's initial estimate of a 23,000-job loss up to a 21,000-job gain, and it revised June's payroll numbers higher, too. The "stalling economy" narrative Democrats have been pushing for months just collapsed under its own weight.

Unemployment held steady at 4.1% in August after falling in both June and July. The labor force participation rate climbed to 61.6% in August, up from 61.4% in July, proof that more Americans are entering the job market Democrats swore was dying under Trump.

The White House wasted no time taking a victory lap. "America added 162,000 jobs in August—triple economists' expectations," White House Senior Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai said in a post on X. "The private sector has now created over one million jobs under President Trump, whose reindustrialization agenda continues to drive manufacturing and factory construction job growth. America is in the middle of a historic investment boom, and the August jobs report is the latest data point showing how Americans are benefitting from the Trump administration's pro-growth policies. The best is yet to come with even more job, wage, and economic growth in store for everyday Americans."... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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