Elizabeth Warren, the senior Democrat on the Senate banking committee, issued a sharp rebuke of Donald Trump’s economic policies following the release of a lackluster September jobs report. The Department of Labor announced that the US economy added just 29,000 new jobs last month, a figure that fell significantly short of the 84,000 jobs economists had projected.
Market analysts and financial experts characterized the employment data as mediocre and weak, highlighting concerns about the current trajectory of the US labor market. Warren seized on the disparity between the actual growth and forecasts to attack the president’s record.
“Since January 2025, Trump’s economy has only added 33,000 jobs a month on average, far below the 120,000-a-month average in 2024,” Warren stated. She further argued that the administration’s policies have negatively impacted consumers, noting that real wages have dropped by 0.7% since the onset of Trump’s trade conflicts. According to Warren, the failed agenda continues to drive upward pressure on prices while failing to generate sustained employment growth.
Is 29,000 really that bad when you factor in revisions? Seems like political theatrics to me.
Real wages dropping while prices rise? That is a dangerous combo for middle-class families everywhere.
Warren is right to call this out, but does anyone actually trust her economic track record either?
Thirty thousand jobs? That’s barely keeping pace with population growth. The numbers are alarming.