Fox Business host Charles Payne reacts to Trump stating ‘African American workers made historic gains in the June jobs report’ on ‘America’s Newsroom.’
Fox Business anchor Charles Payne said he understands why President Trump did not take questions from reporters during a pre-holiday press briefing at the White House, where he touted the June jobs report that indicated the economy is beginning to rebound from the depths of its crash during the coronavirus pandemic.
Payne told “America’s Newsroom” on Thursday, “I think the reason why the president didn’t take any questions is because when we got the May report, which was the best job report then on record in history, the very first question was why did [the] black unemployment rate go higher?”
SEN. GRAHAM ON 4.8 MILLION JOBS ADDED IN JUNE: 'AMERICA'S COMING BACK ECONOMICALLY'
The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to 13.3 percent in May, down from a record high in April, which indicated that the nation's economy is recovering faster than expected from the coronavirus lockdown.
On Thursday, the Labor Department revealed, in its report, that the U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 11.1 percent in June and employers added 4.8 million jobs— which is now the biggest increase on record.
