President Donald Trump on Friday celebrated a jobs report that exceeded the expectations of analysts, questioned the reaction of the stock market.

"With a great Jobs Report, like just announced, stocks should go up, not down. That’s the way it was for 200 years. Growth does not mean inflation! How else can a Country attain GREATNESS???" he posted on Truth Social.

The U.S. economy added 172,000 jobs in May, well above Dow Jones expectations of 80,000. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, held constant at 4.3%.

As of press time, all three major indices were in the red. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, for instance, was down 0.27%. The Nasdaq Composite was down 2.17%. The S&P 500, meanwhile, was down 1.15%.

While the jobs report exceeding expectations is typically good news for the stock market and contributes to a surge, other factors such as the Iran war and ongoing instability in the Middle East can contribute to volatility.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent for Just the News. Follow him on X.