President Donald Trump has moved to downplay the latest U.S. jobs report due out on Friday, insisting the “real numbers” revealing the wellbeing of the American economy “will be in a year from now.”
The August report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is of particular significance because it is the first to be published since the president disputed the non-partisan bureau’s figures and dismissed its commissioner Erika McEntarfer. Trump replaced the Joe Biden-appointee with deputing commissioner William Wiatrowski on an acting basis.
