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https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-orders-firing-bls-commissioner-weak-jobs-report-rcna222531
A paranoid sociopathic syphilitic child
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.
The BLS on Friday morning reported that the U.S. economy added just 73,000 jobs in July, well below estimates. It also said it had revised the May and June numbers lower by more than 200,000 jobs combined.
McEntarfer didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
President Joe Biden nominated McEntarfer in July 2023 and was confirmed by the Senate in an 86-8 vote (with six members not voting) in January 2024. She received overwhelming bipartisan support in the vote.
McEntarfer has spent much of her career in the federal government. Throughout the last 20 years, she has worked in the Census Bureau, Treasury Department and on the White House's Council of Economic Advisers.
Trump claimed without evidence that the commissioner "faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try and boost Kamala’s chances of Victory."
The BLS routinely revises economic data such as the jobs report, GDP figures and inflation data. Due to the scale of the U.S. economy and response rates to surveys where BLS collects this data, there can often be lags in data collection. But that lag does not imply any wrongdoing or manipulation.
Last August, the BLS said 818,000 fewer jobs had been created over a 12-month period than initially thought.
At the same time, Trump, who recently resumed attacking Fed Chair Jerome Powell, said that the central bank chief "should also be put 'out to pasture.'"
meganical
“You’re not lying like I’m telling you to lie. You’re fired!”
kjbopp
How in God's name is he getting away with all this??? Oh Yeah... The "Supreme" court said so. :o(
psmith00
can this be any better an example of a totalitarian dictator? well, he could have had her shot as well but that's not much below what he's already done.
fractalsphere
"They can't be manipulated for political purposes." - that's why they're installing a loyalist, right? RIGHT?
SleepyHollowAppleTree
Refused to manipulate the numbers to make the child rapist look like he's doing a good job.
DavedandConfused
THEFLOATINGMARKET
Remember when you would see a headline like this and your 1st thought was "has the be The Onion"? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
dontrike
Pedophile upset that someone won't fake number for him like his wife fakes orgasms.
CaptainHyperbole
The hypocrisy is astounding
Dannyalcatraz
He SAID he was gonna!
Morg729
Do you think they last thing they have to do as they leave their now cleared desk is add +1 to the job report? https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1M3ByNjRuZ3g3MDd5NnpvZnJseHdjZGt3bDhjZXR3ajFucHNnMHhoeCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/l46CtynlAiRNzfsA0/200w.webp
QuigleyDownUnder
*He's a child rapist
jonReremy9669
own daughter also
Madchant
TheGgreen100
Trump's next guy: "Job report is amazing this quarter and all future quarters! This quarter alone we created a million billion squillion fiffillion jobs and no I will not be taking any questions go America you are welcome goodbye."
Anaphriel
I wanna manipulate the data, so I have to say the previous data was manipulated. Cause there's no possible other way to get that data and so I'm free and clear. - The Orange "Jenyus"
WhatNumberPlease
popeyeNL
So, wrongfull termination. Time to sue for the evidence?
spittleteets
Yes, and in this scenario, I dont mind so much that we the taxpayers would pay for a settlement, but it's just one more example of how Trump can act like reckless idiot without consequence while Americans foot the bill.
giganticroboticpenguin
Every accusation is a confession.
13andido
The best people
duramater1
That’s one way to improve the report, I guess.
Spoenk
Act like a degenerate orange limp dick, get weak results.
AsIWasSaying
He lies so much himself, he assumes everyone else does too.
TChallaVanDam
I honestly think this is a bigger reason for republican behavior than people normally talk about. It’s why they’re so quick to believe conspiracy theories about fraud and cheating and waste and abuse and manipulation. Because it’s what they would do, and are doing, because they’re simply shitty people.
DukeDarkwood
A huge part of the reason why "every accusation is a confession" is because they assume that if they do it, everyone does it. They cannot grasp the very *idea* that not all people are greedy, selfish, morally-bankrupt villains like themselves.
"Look for the light, and you can often find it. Look for the dark, and it is all you will ever see." They are looking for the dark. IN the dark. With shades on.
Garwoodxx
He shoots the messenger.
KommanderKayriel
By getting rid of people reporting real numbers, he's manipulating data for 'political purposes'.
spittleteets
Yup, pretty much.
QueefMalone
That should sort everything out.
Khanamana324
In a narcissists addled mind, it does. So long as they don’t have to see a thing, then that thing doesn’t exist in their mind.
QuigleyDownUnder
Hey remember COVID, if we stop counting cases there'll be less cases. He's pedophile.
jonReremy9669
the job numbers were aladeen!
Khanamana324
Child rapist.
wannasee
Remember when the idiot-not-a-doctor suggested injecting bleach i to the blood stream to kill covid.
I really wish he had. I still think he could. And should.
firlefranz
🔈on!
BeerCir
They don't like facts!
BastardMan1977
He'll hire someone who WILL fudge the numbers for him. Sliding further and further into a dictatorship
khora
Don't worry. Even if he puts someone serious there now the statistics will lack credibility.
MapleSyrupMafia
"Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can’t be manipulated for political purposes." The moment I saw that, I thought: So he's going to put someone that will manipulate numbers for political purpose...
HowlingRollercoaster2
Change can't to must and it suddenly is a true statement
miraclemaxcoc
Every accusation is a confession