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11. He is blaming it because the sociopath says she is a Biden appointee. Outrageous, and so blatant. When will

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 02:36 PM

Aug 1

the MSM actually start to do their job?

"President Donald Trump said he was directing officials to fire Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hours after a report showed US job growth cooled sharply over the last three months.

“I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY,” Trump said on social media Friday, accusing her, without evidence, of politicizing the jobs report. “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.”

Friday’s jobs report from the BLS showed payrolls increased 73,000 in July after the prior two months were revised down by nearly 260,000. In the past three months, employment growth has averaged a paltry 35,000 — the worst since the pandemic.

Read More: Biggest Job Revisions Since 2020 Expose Pitfall of Economic Data"

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-01/trump-says-he-ll-fire-labor-statistics-head-after-weak-jobs-data

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Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after weaker-than-expected jobs figures slam markets [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 1 OP

Killing the messenger. greatauntoftriplets Aug 1 #1

Only if they don't go quietly. twodogsbarking Aug 1 #4

easy for TSF when the messenger is a woman (nt) cadoman Aug 1 #53

Yep. Off with her head. TSF acting like he's a king. brush Aug 1 #55

Oh yes, but didn't you know it was all her fault? calimary Aug 1 #56

It's not good to offend lord trump. patphil Aug 1 #2

Probably Timewas Aug 1 #3

The next one will Angrybob2001 Aug 1 #7

Your chocolate ration will be cut in half UpInArms Aug 1 #13

No one will trust the numbers going forward. surfered Aug 1 #43

"Comrades, we completed our glorious 5-year plan in just 4 years" dedl67 Aug 1 #46

Aaaaaand Hornedfrog2000 Aug 1 #60

And that's the problem. TomSlick Aug 1 #66

The ultimate in stupity. Real dictator stuff. sinkingfeeling Aug 1 #5

What? mahatmakanejeeves Aug 1 #6

... Prairie Gates Aug 1 #41

I've been having a cognitive event since November 8, 2016. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 1 #67

You've spilled a lot of pixels here telling us these numbers could never be manipulated Prairie Gates Aug 1 #68

I'm posting from a phone now, so I can't expound. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 1 #69

Time to cook the books! not fooled Aug 1 #8

Of course it's not Dumbf's fault. ificandream Aug 1 #9

Kim Jong Don is not happy Ritabert Aug 1 #10

He is blaming it because the sociopath says she is a Biden appointee. Outrageous, and so blatant. When will lostincalifornia Aug 1 #11

Dr. McEntarfer was initially hired by the Bush administration. She has written conservative leaning scholarly research. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 1 #25

If trump wants your numbers Turbineguy Aug 1 #12

Off with their heads! Off with their heads! Baitball Blogger Aug 1 #14

I don't like what my scale said when I stepped on it this morning. milestogo Aug 1 #15

NBC: The U.S. job market was weak in July, and previous months were worse than thought riversedge Aug 1 #16

This from the guy who wanted to stop COVID testing in order to suppress the infection stats for appearance sake. Marcuse Aug 1 #17

Expect record jobs growth in the next report. Gimpyknee Aug 1 #18

millions and millions pimpbot Aug 1 #19

"Like nothing ever seen before..." littlemissmartypants Aug 1 #31

The "Biden appointee" was confirmed 86-8. And his own VP voted for her. NYC Liberal Aug 1 #20

Tomorrow's headline: Eleventy-billion new jobs created in the last month due to King Trump's LoisB Aug 1 #21

FFS. jeffreyi Aug 1 #22

It will be impossible for the Fed to set meaningful monetary policy when Trump's incoming BLS toady starts... LudwigPastorius Aug 1 #23

Well sure LearnedHand Aug 1 #24

Fascism, chaos, and propaganda ffr Aug 1 #26

Poor liar adds 1 more number to the job loss report. Scalded Nun Aug 1 #27

Irony is lost. Maybe permanently. littlemissmartypants Aug 1 #32

This is a way bigger deal that people realize Johnny2X2X Aug 1 #28

No one will trust the numbers in the future, whether they're good or bad. DavidDvorkin Aug 1 #29

We won't see any bad news or reports or studies coming from this administration. Whether it's jobs, climate, illness, wiggs Aug 1 #30

Mookie Betts is hitting around .240 Oeditpus Rex Aug 1 #33

If you believe that the flood of lies is outrageous now, just wait. littlemissmartypants Aug 1 #34

This should calm the markets the_liberal_grandpa Aug 1 #35

"You will publish only the fake job numbers *I* give you, NOT the facts!" -DJT. n/t CousinIT Aug 1 #36

What's next, firing CFO's when they report declining profits? BeyondGeography Aug 1 #37

He'll fire anyone who refuses to cook the books Mike 03 Aug 1 #38

From "If you do less COVID testing you get fewer cases! Duh!!" to Grokenstein Aug 1 #39

Petulant child Taraman Aug 1 #40

His bunker syndrome is only going to get worse. paulrevere2018 Aug 1 #42

Trump touchy hannah Aug 1 #44

The asshat in the WH is a child. -misanthroptimist Aug 1 #45

Always someone else's fault. Kid Berwyn Aug 1 #47

Should have fired himself Sailingdiver Aug 1 #48

Of course he did. WestMichRad Aug 1 #49

If he doesn't believe these numbers why insist Powell be fired as well? FloridaBlues Aug 1 #50

What will be the consequences.,. Kablooie Aug 1 #51

Because of course he did. Earth Bound Misfit Aug 1 #52

Paul Krugman wrote a good piece on this. He ha actually predicted that an authoritarian regime would fire the people Martin68 Aug 1 #54

I'm sorry to say this is such blunt terms, but every single Republican lawmaker is a fucker to think this is acceptable. Doodley Aug 1 #57

Sad thing is that this is fully expected. Just "normal" Trump behavior. thought crime Aug 1 #58

'Off with her head' pfitz59 Aug 1 #59

So . . . AverageOldGuy Aug 1 #61

"I'd rather have someone who lies to me" Jilly_in_VA Aug 1 #62

He had to fire her MurrayDelph Aug 1 #63

It figures. ShazzieB Aug 1 #64

Trump responds to his failure to create jobs by firing the U.S. labor statistics chief LetMyPeopleVote Aug 1 #65

Soon, We Won't OhioTim Aug 1 #70

Fuck Trump. That is all. CaptainTruth Aug 2 #71

A little case of Kill the messenger. republianmushroom Aug 2 #72

Trump's Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook (NYT gift article) LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #73