White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett shrugged off the disappointing August jobs report Friday, insisting the administration is still “super optimistic” about the economy and predicting the weak numbers will be revised upward in the weeks ahead.

"All the indicators that we're seeing are that inflation is low and economic growth is solid. Income growth is solid as well. So that the only part of the data that's disappointing is that the jobs numbers have been a little bit lower over the last three or four months," Hassett said outside the White House Friday morning.

Hassett's comments come as the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs last month as the labor market continued to cool due to uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s economic policies.

Hiring decelerated from 79,000 in July, the Labor Department said Friday, and came in below the roughly 80,000 economists had expected for August. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%, also worse than expected and the highest level since 2021.

Hassett insisted he is "not concerned" about the numbers and said he expects the numbers to be revised.

When the Labor Department put out a disappointing jobs report a month ago, an enraged Trump responded by firing the economist in charge of compiling the numbers and nominating a loyalist to replace her.

Talking to reporters Thursday night at a dinner with wealthy tech executives, Trump shrugged off the U.S. jobs data before it landed. “The real numbers that I’m talking about are going to be whatever it is, but will be in a year from now,’’ the president said.

So far this year the economy is generating fewer than 75,000 new jobs a month, less than half the 168,000 jobs per month added last year and not even a quarter of the 400,000 jobs added monthly in the hiring boom of 2021-2023.