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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eric Garcia

Trump axes Labor Statistics chief after his poor jobs report: ‘I believe the numbers were phony ... so I fired her’

President Donald Trump fired the chief labor statistician after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report showing that the economy added only 73,000 jobs in July.

The number comes the same day that Trump resumes his global tariffs. Hours later, Trump criticized Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, implying she could not be trusted because former President Joe Biden nominated her.

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