“A chief White House economic adviser said Sunday that President Trump wants his allies placed in the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the agency published a surprisingly dismal jobs report Friday and the president later fired its commissioner,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Kevin Hassett, Trump’s National Economic Council director, said on NBC that the firing of BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer is part of Trump’s plan to make further changes to the agency.”
CNBC: White House struggles to justify firing of BLS chief over weak jobs numbers.
Washington Post: Trump again claims jobs report revisions are a “scam.”
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