US Edition‘Wanna-be king’: Democrats fume at Trump move to oust BLS head
UNITED STATES, AUG 2 – President Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics head Erika McEntarfer after July’s report showed only 73,000 jobs added and May-June figures were revised down by 258,000 jobs.
- On August 1 and 2, 2025, President Donald Trump dismissed the head of the agency responsible for labor market data following a disappointing employment report.
- Trump accused McEntarfer, a Biden appointee, of manipulating job numbers to harm Republicans and demanded her immediate dismissal without presenting evidence.
- The July report showed just 73,000 jobs added and revised May and June numbers down by 258,000, signaling a slowing economy and fueling calls for Federal Reserve rate cuts.
- Senators and experts criticized the firing as politicizing the BLS and economic data, warning it damages trust and equating it to "firing the messenger" for reporting bad news.
- Deputy Commissioner William Wiatrowski became acting chief, and the firing raised concerns about presidential overreach and undermining the credibility of official labor statistics.
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Trump calls fired BLS commissioner’s job numbers the ‘biggest miscalculations in over 50 years’
President Trump on Sunday accused the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of inflating job numbers to an "all-time high" prior to the US presidential election, just days after announcing her firing.
Trump Sacks BLS Head Amid Controversy Over Economic Data
Trump Sacks BLS Head Amid Controversy Over Economic Data President Donald Trump's decision to dismiss Erika McEntarfer, head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), has stirred controversy regarding the integrity of U.S. economic data. Trump's administration defended the move, pointing to significant revisions in employment figures as justification.Critics argue that McEntarfer's removal undermines the credibility of economic data, with some ca…
Trump calls fired BLS commissioner's job numbers the 'biggest miscalculations in over 50 years'
President Trump on Sunday accused the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of inflating job numbers to an "all-time high" prior to the U.S. presidential election, just days after announcing her firing."Head of the Bureau of of[sic] Labor Statistics did the same thing just before the Presidential Election, when she lifted the numbers for jobs to an all time high," Trump said in a post to his Truth Social account Sunday afternoon. "I then …
Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz: Trump firing BLS head ‘like driving a car with no odometer'
After a weak jobs report on Friday, Trump responded by firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But as Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz tells Ali Velshi, ignoring bad numbers doesn’t make the problem go away. Instead, it’s more “like driving a car with no odometer,” Stiglitz says. He shares an anecdote from his time on the Council of Economic Advisers, advising President Bill Clinton. Stiglitz explains that Clinton once at…
Ex-Obama adviser says Trump ‘way beyond’ Nixon after firing BLS commissioner
An ex-Obama adviser on Sunday said President Donald Trump went “way beyond anything Richard Nixon ever did” after he fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics head over a lackluster jobs report. Larry Summers, who served as director of the White…
Ex-Obama adviser says Trump 'way beyond' Nixon after firing BLS head
An ex-Obama adviser on Sunday said President Donald Trump went “way beyond anything Richard Nixon ever did” after he fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics head over a lackluster jobs report. Larry Summers, who served as director of the White House’s National Economic Council between 2009 and 2010, criticized Trump’s firing and claimed it would lead to an authoritarian regime. “I’m surprised that other officials have not responded by resigning the…
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