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Trump fires labor statistics chief after weaker than expected jobs report
Donald Trump has said he’s ordered the firing of Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, hours after data showed US employment growth was weaker than expected for the last few months.
McEntarfer was nominated by former president Joe Biden to serve in the role in 2023 and was confirmed by the US Senate the following year.
In a Truth Social post, Trump suggested (with no evidence) McEntarfer had “faked” the employment figures in the run-up to last year’s election, in a bid to boost Kamala Harris’s chances of victory, and implied she “manipulated” the numbers for political reasons.
“We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY. She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified,” Trump wrote.
“Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can’t be manipulated for political purposes.”
The bureau released revised job stats today which showed the US economy added only 73,000 jobs in July, far lower than expected, amid ongoing concerns with Trump’s escalating trade war.
In the report, the BLS also slashed the number of jobs added in May, revising the figure down by 125,000, from 144,000 to only 19,000, and June, which was revised down by 133,000, from 147,000 to just 14,000 – a combined 258,000 fewer jobs than previously reported.
SOURCE THE GUARDIAN......WHEN U DO NOT GET WHAT U WANT, THE SOLUTION IS REPLACE WITH A LOYALIST WHO WILL MAKE IT AS U WISH...NOT NECESSARILY ACCURATE OR PROVEN, JUST A REQUIREMENT OF AN OUT OF CONTROL EGOMANIAC ....OF COURSE HE WILL MANIPULATE THE NUMBERS TO MAKE HIS BAD DECISIONS APPEAR CORRECT AND ON TARGET....U, COLLECTIVELY, CAN NOT BE THAT NAIVE AND UNINFORMED......HERE'S A BUMPER STICKER WE FOUND (IT IS ON THE TRUCK AND SUV)......".DOES NOT PLAY WELL WITH STUPID PEOPLE"....THAT ABOUT SUMS IT UP.....DO SOME SERIOUS STUDYING AND SEE THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION.... JMO
Happens at every company, you bring in your own people. The Cabinet changes with a new POTUS, underlings also are expected to prepare their letters of resignation.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
