Trump Posted Unpublished Jobs Data Early on Social Media

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By Reade Pickert and Molly Smith

January 9, 2026 at 3:25 PM UTC

Updated on

January 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM UTC

President Donald Trump posted a chart on social media Thursday evening that included figures in the yet-to-be released December employment report.

The chart, which showed the private sector added 654,000 jobs “since January,” matched figures that were not publicly published until 8:30 a.m. in Washington on Friday. It was posted on Truth Social about 12 hours before the data was set to be released.