Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after weak jobs report

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-orders-firing-bls-commissioner-weak-jobs-report-rcna222531

President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hours after a stunning government report showed that hiring had slowed down significantly over the past three months.

Taking to Truth Social, he attacked Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the BLS. He claimed that the country's jobs reports "are being produced by Biden appointee" and ordered his administration to terminate her.

"We need accurate Jobs Numbers," Trump wrote. "She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified. Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can’t be manipulated for political purposes."

An administration official told NBC News shortly after the post that McEntarfer had indeed been fired.

[underpants]

1. I'm sorry for her but I actually laughed out loud when I saw this headline

How perfectly Trumpian.

[LymphocyteLover]

3. Me too!! OMFG!

[malaise]

2. He is stark raving mad

Rec

[allegorical oracle]

4. That's what fascists do -- keep the populace from knowing accurate facts. We'll get

fed phony crap that always makes him look good. That will fuck up the entire economy. But he's off to his golfing weekend.

[hildegaard28]

5. She'll be

Replaced by someone who will make up numbers he likes and that make him look good rather than numbers that reflect reality. That is very dangerous. We need accurate numbers to create policies that are need at the time, not policies that President Dunce, with his ignorance and stupidity, wants and will crash the economy. Buckle up. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.

[0rganism]

6. Might as well announce to the nation that henceforth all fedgov statistics will be "manipulated for political purposes."

Fit's the MAGA-dominant SOP: any government problems are fundamentally PR problems that can be remedied with a sharpie.

[Solly Mack]

7. Of course he did.

[PCIntern]

8. Next month: Twenty million new jobs created by Hair Furor.

[UTUSN]

9. Only Pravda Faux "news" is allowed!