Just hours after the July jobs report was issued today – a meager 73K new jobs in July plus a downward revision of 258K for May and June – Donald Trump took to his social media to rant about the numbers claiming they were “RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad.”
He also demanded the firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, who was confirmed by the Senate last year by a bipartisan vote of 86-8. Vice President JD Vance was one of those ‘yes’ votes.
BREAKING: President Trump fires the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after weak jobs report. https://t.co/hCioBQvxyH
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 1, 2025
More from NBC News:
Trump claimed without evidence that the commissioner “faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try and boost Kamala’s chances of Victory.”
Former Labor Department officials slammed Trump’s decision to fire McEntarfer.
“Nobody is faking numbers,” former Labor Department chief of staff Daniel Koh wrote on X. “Revisions happen all the time.”
Trump has previously praised the BLS reports, when they were favorable to his administration in April, May and June.
In May, the White House said that April’s jobs report “proved” that Trump was “revitalizing” the economy. In June, Trump posted, “GREAT JOBS NUMBERS” on Truth Social.
Anyone want to guess what next month’s job “report” will look like?
It’s not uncommon for the BLS to revise the jobs reports as further economic data comes in due to the sheer size of the U.S. economy. But doesn’t imply any wrongdoing or manipulation. It’s a regular occurrence.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and others denounced the firing as “authoritarian” suppression of unfavorable data, echoing Soviet tactics.
What does Trump do instead of trying to fix the economy?
Shoots the messenger
The person he fired passed this Senate 86-8
Vice President Vance voted for her
Well, Donald Trump, firing her isn’t going to relieve the chaos that you’ve created with your ramshackle tariff regime pic.twitter.com/UDJyhIwL4g
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 1, 2025
Instead of helping people get good jobs, Donald Trump just fired the statistician who reported bad jobs data that the wanna-be king doesn’t like. https://t.co/XfoypCLR2g
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) August 1, 2025
Pure Soviet shit… https://t.co/5RdjIIaMg8
— Martin Heinrich (@SenatorHeinrich) August 1, 2025
Unbelievable! Why are economic leaders not speaking out?!! Because Trump did not like the Bureau of Labor Statistics job numbers, he fired the commissioner. This is what authoritarian dictators of banana republics do. This is the United States of America! pic.twitter.com/qDsBYq7enh
— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) August 1, 2025
guys I just got an advance copy of next month’s BLS jobs report pic.twitter.com/amSKcKFVPo
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) August 1, 2025
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