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President Donald Trump on Friday fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, hours after the agency reported that job growth in the U.S. had slowed to a near-halt.

In a Truth Social post that also directed even more fire at Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of being a political appointee who was manipulating jobs data.

“I was just informed that our Country’s “Jobs Numbers” are being produced by a Biden Appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try and boost Kamala’s [Harris’] chances of Victory,” Trump wrote.

“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,” he added.

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[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 25 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Dude shot the messenger instead of facing the issue at hand.

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 19 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

He wants to replace them with someone who will fudge numbers to whatever is useful for Trump.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 22 hours ago

For a good 25 years now, the Republican party has treated reality as a messaging problem, not something to grapple with and use in planning. The only surprise is that it took this long to fire people in the federal government who didn't give the "right" message.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 21 hours ago

He doesn't care about the issue, he just wants to have good numbers.