President Trump on Sunday defended his decision to firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) following a weak job report on Sunday, a step that promoted wide pushbacks.
Trump emphasized a position on his true social platform that BLS Commissioner Erica McNerfar was expelled “, depicting on Friday,” was the largest miscalul in more than 50 years. , Disappointing jobs number As the latest example.
The President accused the Labor Officer “did the same thing just before the presidential election, when he extended the numbers for jobs to a high time. I then won the election, anyway, and he read the numbers down again, called it a mistake of about a million jobs. A scam!”
“He did it again, with another mass ‘improvement’, and was fired!” Trump said.
White house officials presented similar arguments on Sunday Defense of MCENTARFERA few hours after the release of data released by the Labor Department, the US was added only 73,000 jobs in July, which is much less than economists.
And the department reported Amazing amendment For labor data for May and June, 258,000 less jobs were seen in total than the report already.
Trump’s decision to firing labor statistics head on job reports sparks Immediate shock Capital Hill, Democrats accused of White House Going after messenger And attempt to silence those who give details of a weak labor market during their tenure.
“Just crazy, absolutely crazy. The economy is hitting and he is nervous and he is acting like a dictator,” said Sen Bryan Shutz (D-Hawai).
Sen Martin Heinrich (DN.M.) said, “This is some strange Soviet.” “To blame Messenger? Nothing is his fault.”
Trump on Friday claimed without any evidence that the number of jobs was “rigged to create a Republican, and I feel bad.”
Former Treasury Secretary Larry in Summer an interview On Sunday, on NBC’s “Meat the Press” it is called “previous charge”, given that the numbers are compiled “literally followed by teams of hundreds of people that are in manual.”
Clinton and Summakal, who served top roles in the Obama administration, said, “The head of BLS could manipulate this number,” there is no comprehensive way. “” The numbers are looking from all types of private sector sources. “
Summers said that he was “surprised that other officials have not resigned and replied.”
Former BLS chief William Beach Said MCENTARFER firing “sets a dangerous example and reduces the statistical mission of the bureau.”
MCENTARFER was nominated by former President Biden and was confirmed in 86–8 votes by the GOP-led Senate earlier last year.
White House officials said on Sunday that Trump wants his own nominated person to run the bureau, who is assigned to work on other economic matrix data such as inflation.
National Economic Council President Kevin Haset said, “The President wants his own people to be more transparent and more reliable when we look at the numbers,” National Economic Council President Kevin Husset said, “Meet the press.”
