Trump Fires Labor Statistics Commissioner After Weak Jobs Report
By: Nikki McCann Ramirez,Ryan Bort (Rolling Stone)
"since you won't lie to make me look good, you're fired ..."
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The president baselessly alleged that the employment numbers released Thursday were "RIGGED" and "manipulated for political purposes" By Nikki McCann Ramirez, Ryan Bort August 1, 2025 
Donald Trump boards Air Force One at RAF Lossiemouth, north-east Scotland on July 29, 2025 at the end of his trip to Scotland.
Donald Trump has heralded a "Golden Age" of the United States, and he's determined to do whatever it takes to project a gilded image — including cleansing the government of anyone who dares report the reality of what his policies are doing to the economy.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday that job growth had stagnated throughout the country in the month of July. The economy only added 73,000 new jobs last month, far less than expected. Meanwhile, unemployment rose to 4.2 percent, and the job growth estimates for May and June were revised down by a combined 258,000 jobs.
Trump is not happy that the job market is slowing, and rather than consider that his flailing, impulsive economic policies and on-again, off-again tariffs might be part of the problem, the president has fired the commissioner of Bureau of Labor Statistics, which released the report.
"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 chances of Victory," Trump alleged baselessly on Truth Social, hours after the numbers were released.
"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. Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can't be manipulated for political purposes," the president added.
NBC News reported shortly after Trump's post that McEntarfer was indeed fired from her post. The Senate confirmed McEntarfer in 2024 by a vote of 86-8. CNN's Phil Mattingly notes that Vice President J.D. Vance, then a senator from Ohio, was among those who favored her appointment.
Trump continued to insist on Truth Social that the economy is "BOOMING under 'TRUMP,'" despite his accusations of sabotage against the Federal Reserve, which refuses to lower interest rates at Trump's direction.
"Jerome 'Too Late' Powell should also be put 'out to pasture,'" Trump wrote of the chairman of the Fed, who he has been suggesting should be fired for months. He continued to bash Powell in another post conspiracy theorizing about the jobs numbers later on Friday.
"In my opinion, today's Jobs Numbers were RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad," he wrote. "Just like when they had three great days around the 2024 Presidential Election, and then, those numbers were 'taken away' on November 15, 2024, right after the Election, when the Jobs Numbers were massively revised DOWNWARD, making a correction of over 818,000 Jobs — A TOTAL SCAM. Jerome "Too Late" Powell is no better! But, the good news is, our Country is doing GREAT!"
Trump has been dragging the nation into the pits of authoritarianism for years now, but to have the president fire the head of an independent agency for reporting statistics that don't conform to his delusions is another step into an abyss the nation is going to have a hard time pulling itself out of.
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trump, the new maga pied piper ...
I sure hope this person has some legal protections and representation. It not like Congress is going to do anything.
Firing her for cause, and making that cause an accusation of a crime should require that he prove it. And a nice fat defamation suit would be nice, too.
the new mantra of the trump administration is repeat the lie or say good-bye ...
Agreed. The list of people with potential defamation cases against Trump is growing daily.
Couldn't Trump just fix the numbers with a Sharpie?
they only let him have the sharpie when he signs EO's now, otherwise, it's the box of 8 large crayons made for smaller hands ...
Honest folk don't stand a chance in the Trump Reich.
Corruption 101 as brought to you by the Fraud-in-Chief.
In addition to labor statistics, the BLS apparently also reports inflation numbers. With inflation about to rise because of Trump's policies, potentially drastically, it will no longer be possible to rely on any government-generated economic statistics.
Oh darn ... where's Allen Weisselberg when you need him?
Jesus, what a fascist.
... like the world has never seen before.
what a DICK!
Trump is one unbelievable embarrassment, and his following refuses to recognize what and who he is. America is failing
most of his supporters will deny ever voting for him in 4+ years ...
Given the series of stupid and illegal moves by Trump thus far and the die-hard support for him that remains here and elsewhere, one wonders if his supporters will ever break free of the cultish (IMO) support for this demagogue.
No matter what he does, they seem to rationalize it as good. It is both incredible and dangerous for the health of our nation.
Or they dismiss it as a joke, and we’re the dicks for not laughing.
Or they pretend it’s not even happening because the cognitive dissonance is too painful. Notice that none of them are here to defend this action. They know it’s wrong, but they are so personally tied to their support of this fuhrer, that condemning anything he does would be condemning themselves.
I agree. It is most likely a stubborn refusal to admit (even to themselves) that they were wrong. In result, they continue with a false perception of what is actually taking place in reality. Unfortunately, this is an all-too-normal phenomenon of the human mind. With Trump supporters, it seems to be very ingrained.
In short, IMO, looks like chronic cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias is at play.
Seems she is qualified and a person that would not play games.
Her firing is likely a case of ego gone amok
like in DC the last 6+ months ...
Trump fires those who will not parrot his lies.
So we are supposed to believe the numbers coming from a guy that is 6' and 320, but claims to be 6'3" and 215?
Are you fucking serious? LOL
every time trump says something, his sycophants want everyone to believe it's the one time he isn't lying ...
That's because it stops them from looking so...sycophantic. They know how bad it looks when they swallow his shit, but want the rest of us to swallow his shit, too, so that they blend into the crowd.