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Promote with Leviathan NewsPresident Donald Trump effectively revealed unreleased U.S. non-farm payrolls data in a Truth Social post the night before the official December 2025 jobs report, prompting a White House review of procedures and raising concerns about information security and market integrity. The post contained job-creation figures that matched data in the embargoed Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) release, in apparent conflict with long-standing Office of Management and Budget (OMB) rules that bar executive-branch officials from disclosing or commenting on market-moving economic statistics before publication. According to detailed accounts, Trump shared a chart on Truth Social around 8:20 p.m. ET on January 8, 2026, showing cumulative private-sector job gains “since January” that aligned with figures in the yet-to-be-published December 2025 employment report. The BLS released the official data at 8:30 a.m. ET on January 9, reporting that nonfarm payrolls rose by 50,000 and the unemployment rate fell to 4.4%, alongside notable revisions to prior months. Analysts noted that, while trading directly on the post would have required factoring in those revisions, access to the embedded figures would still have reduced uncertainty around potential upside or downside surprises, underscoring the sensitivity of such information. The White House described the episode as an “inadvertent public disclosure” arising from routine pre-briefings given to presidents on upcoming economic data and said it is reviewing internal protocols for economic data releases. Economists and policy experts called the disclosure unprecedented for a modern White House and suggested it likely violated OMB embargo guidance, which treats pre-release jobs data as strictly confidential and restricts any public commentary until at least 30 minutes after publication. Commentators have framed the incident as a significant test of U.S. statistical integrity, with critics warning that apparent looseness around embargoed economic numbers could undermine confidence in the fairness of financial markets and in the neutrality of federal data dissemination.
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