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Trump axes Labor Statistics chief after his poor jobs report: ‘I believe the numbers were phony ... so I fired her’
President Trump on Friday directed his team to fire the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a dismal jobs report he blamed squarely on the appointee of former President Biden. Trump said on Truth Social that the commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, had “faked the Jobs Numbers” before the 2024 election in order to boost…
The president’s move throws the quality of America’s statistical apparatus into question.
An unexpectedly weak jobs report for July brings into question the health of the U.S. economy as President Donald Trump pushes ahead with his tariff policy.
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