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Trump defends firing his head of labor statistics hours after weak jobs report
NBC News· 2025-08-01 23:19
We're doing so well. I believe the numbers were phony just like they were before the election and there were other times. So, you know what I did.I fired her. And you know what. I did the right thing.If any government official going forward is presenting data on information you don't like, should they fear for their job. I've always had a problem with these numbers. You know, I was thinking about it this morning before the numbers that came out.I said, "Who is the person that does these numbers?" And then t ...
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Bloomberg· 2025-08-01 18:24
Personnel Change - The report indicates that Trump ordered the firing of Erika McEntarfer [1] - The reason for the firing was the accusation that the labor statistics commissioner manipulated jobs data [1]