After posting lower than expected job growth numbers in July along with revised downward job numbers for May and June, President Trump sprang into action.
He fired the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics claiming the report was "rigged."
Now where have we heard that before?
Anytime Trump doesn't get his way, he'll claim things are rigged.
Now Trump couldn't do much about losing the 2020 election apart from winning the 2024 election.
But now that Trump is President again and he can fire anybody he likes for he any reason he likes even if the reason is utter rubbish.
In which case, I would love to see Erika McEntarfer to get the Trump Administration into court so the government would have to prove Trump's claims of rigging.
Whether McEntarfer seeks a legal remedy or not, Trump is going to appoint a loyalist as BLS Commissioner who will actually rig the numbers.
I can easily envision a Trump appointed BLS Commissioner post unemployment rates of under 2% while in actuality the tariffs take it to 10%.
When Trump says someone is rigging something against him, he wants someone who will rig something for him.
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