Trump's Controversy Over Jobs Data and BLS Firing Sparks Political Backlash
TL;DR
President Trump claims that government jobs data was rigged against him, asserting without evidence that the statistics were manipulated to make him look bad, following his firing of the BLS head after a weak jobs report, which has raised concerns about the credibility of economic data and political interference.
- Trump doubles down, insists jobs data was rigged against him Axios
- After Trump’s Firing of BLS Commissioner, Republicans Fall in Line With His Criticism The New York Times
- Opinion | Firing the BLS commissioner will come back to haunt Trump The Washington Post
- Amy Walter and Jasmine Wright on Trump’s BLS firing and trust in institutions PBS
- Donald Trump escalates his war on numbers The Economist
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