DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FireTheMessenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FireTheMessenger</span></a>, eh? </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> calls for firing of senior Labor official after job market weakens in July</p><p>by Scott Horsley 2010<br>Updated August 1, 2025</p><p>"The job market weakened sharply during the late spring and early summer as President Trump's tariffs began to take effect — and Trump responded by calling for the firing of a key labor statistician.</p><p>"U.S. employers added just 73,000 jobs in July, according to a report Friday from the Labor Department, while job gains for May and June were largely erased. The unemployment rate inched up to 4.2%.</p><p>"Hours after the report, Trump advanced baseless claims about the jobs numbers, writing on social media that he thought they 'were RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad.'</p><p>"In another post, Trump said he was firing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikaMcEntarfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikaMcEntarfer</span></a>, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which puts out the jobs report. McEntarfer was appointed to the job by former President Joe Biden.</p><p>" 'She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified,' Trump added. 'Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can't be manipulated for political purposes.'</p><p>"Data experts have raised concerns about the integrity of U.S. government statistics under the Trump administration, which has been slashing positions and funding for statistical agencies.</p><p>"McEntarfer's term at the Bureau of Labor Statistics was not set to end until early 2028. Federal law, however, allows presidents to remove commissioners of labor statistics before their four-year term is up."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/nx-s1-5488807/jobs-employment-labor-trump-tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/08/01/nx-s1-54888</span><span class="invisible">07/jobs-employment-labor-trump-tariffs</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NothingToSeeHere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NothingToSeeHere</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsACharlatan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsACharlatan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpSucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a></p>