Presidential election, just days after. Trump’s decision to fire bls commissioner erika mcentarfer unfolded after the agency released july jobs numbers and issued large revisions for may and june, lowering payroll gains by a … It wasnt rigged data). · the jobs report revisions that prompted trump to fire the bls commissioner were historically large. · president trump’s decision to fire the head of the bureau of labor statistics forced his allies into the awkward spot of criticizing an agency they had freely cited in the past. · trump has repeatedly claimed without evidence that bls “rigged” economic data to make his administration and republicans look bad. · trump fired the head of the bureau of labor statistics after a disappointing jobs report he said was rigged. while bls faces data collection problems, monthly revisions to the … Added 258,000 fewer … · trump’s unhinged, on-again, off-again tariff scheme led to an unexpectedly weak jobs report, with the bls revising may and june payrolls to show the u. s. Heres why (hint: · some republican senators have expressed concern about president donald trump’s decision friday to fire the head of the bureau of labor statistics hours after the release of the … · president donald trump fired the commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics on friday after a new jobs report showed a major slowdown of hiring in recent months. He said late sunday he planned to name a … · white house officials on sunday defended president trump’s decision to fire the head of the bureau of labor statistics (bls) following a weak jobs report, a move that has … · 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.