The media grimly foretold financial doom for the United States amid the chaotic rollout of President Donald Trump's trade tariffs in April, with dire predictions of mass layoffs, labor shortages, crashing markets, and an economic recession.

Yet, the April jobs report released on Friday beat the gloomy expectations and showed that the U.S. added around 177,000 jobs while the unemployment rate remained unchanged, according to Breitbart.

The positive report helped fuel a stock market rally instead of another sell-off and provided further evidence that Trump's policies to boost economic prosperity for Americans are working, contrary to the negative outlook of his naysayers.

Jobs report reveals better-than-expected news

Breitbart noted that Labor Department numbers showed that around 177,000 new jobs were added to the economy in April, beating the expectations of approximately 130,000 new jobs, which resulted in the unemployment rate staying unchanged from last month at 4.2%.

The vast majority of those new jobs came in the private sector, which also defied economists' predictions, and there was particularly strong growth in the construction sector, as well as transportation and warehousing, where slowed growth or even contractions were anticipated because of President Trump's tariffs.

Conversely, federal jobs declined by roughly 9,000, bringing the total reduction in government payrolls to approximately 29,000 fewer jobs since Trump took office in January.

Other solid indicators in the Labor Department numbers that Trump's economic policies are working despite the contrarian predictions are a slight uptick in labor market participation, from 62.5% to 62.6%, a similarly marginal increase in average hours worked per week from 34.2 to 34.3 hours, and an average bump up of 0.3% in hourly wages.

The White House celebrated the good numbers in a press release in which press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, "This is the second month in a row where the jobs report has beat expectations. Wages are continuing to rise and labor force participation is increasing. This is exactly what we want to see. More Americans working for higher wages. More winning is on the way!"

Stock market rebounds on positive jobs report

According to The Washington Post, the better-than-expected April jobs report on Friday prompted a strong day of buying on the stock markets, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all posting substantial gains of around 1.5% on the day.

Friday's market rally essentially erased all of the losses that were incurred in the aftermath of the rollout of President Trump's reciprocal tariffs earlier in April, though the markets still remain down from where they were when Trump first took office.

The markets' response to the jobs report also suggests that the dire predictions from some "experts" of economic doom and gloom, especially warnings of a recession or depression, may have been overblown and premature.

Trump calls on Fed to lower interest rates again

CNBC reported that President Trump used the positive economic news to once again publicly urge Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to lower interest rates, which would almost certainly provide an additional boost to the economy in the form of more consumer borrowing and spending, which typically translates into more jobs for workers in a variety of sectors.

In a Truth Social post, Trump highlighted lower costs for gasoline, groceries, energy, and mortgage rates, as well as that "billions of dollars" were being brought in through the new tariffs.

"Just like I said, and we’re only in a TRANSITION STAGE, just getting started!!! Consumers have been waiting for years to see pricing come down. NO INFLATION, THE FED SHOULD LOWER ITS RATE!!!" the president added.