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Joe: The more Trump talks about firing BLS commissioner the more he proves how wrong it was
MSNBCยท2025-08-04 11:00

But first, let's go to the numbers, ma. Or the numbers that weren't. Yes, the numbers that weren't, I guess.White House economic advisors now are defending President Trump's firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Trump's move came on Friday, hours after a stunning government report showed hiring had slowed down significantly over the past three months. With the US adding just 73,000 new jobs in July, deep revisions to the previous two months now indicate that the job market is considerably wo ...