THE GUARDIAN: President claimed that recently released figures showing jobs slowdown were ‘rigged’ to make him look bad
Senior Republican lawmakers are condemning the decision of their party leader, Donald Trump, to fire the leading US labor market statistician after a report that showed the national economy added just 73,000 jobs – far fewer than expected – in July.
The disappointing figures – coupled with a downward revision of the two previous months amounting to 258,000 fewer jobs and data showing that economic output and consumer spending slowed in the first half of the year – point to an overall economic deterioration in the US. » | Edward Helmore | Saturday, August 2, 2025
The US jobs market is slowing down because of Trump’s own mismanagement. It’s as simple as that! Trump has created great uncertainty in the economy. Uncertainty is poison for a flourishing economy. So the buck stops with Trump himself. – © Mark Alexander
