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Donald Trump to fire US labour statistics boss after weak jobs report

103 points by hhs 1y ago

msie 1y ago
Of course, seems in character with Trump thinking he's a king.
- taylodl 1y ago
  Not a king, a dictator, on day one - just like he told us he would be - before the election.
selectodude 1y ago
Fired for not being loyal enough to the Party. Hopefully the next one will do a better job cooking the books.
- deleted 1y ago
  [deleted]
rsynnott 1y ago
Heard of "don't shoot the messenger", but not a fan, presumably.
IAmGraydon 1y ago
Anyone who watches futures knows the dump started before the numbers came out, when he announced that he was going to further fuck with tariffs.
oriettaxx 1y ago
you spot the problem? you are the problem easy behavior. The man has a very simple mind: nobody stopped him when he was (I would add "an ignored") teenager. The good is that he proved how nowadays "democracy" works: ok, you are in charge, but you must obey "the circle": he did not, so the king is naked.... He is the living proof they cheated us.
general1726 1y ago
Unwelcome news comrade, you are going to gulag! Incredible that USA is now more similar to how Eastern Block has been working during cold war. Guys, hiding crap under the ideological carpet will work for a while, but then your country will start rotting from the inside and everything will slowly cease to work. As it did in Eastern Block in 1980s
- everybodyknows 1y ago
  More recent examples would be Argentina, and before that, Greece under Syriza.
throw0101d 1y ago
From 2022, "Turkey’s Erdogan Fires Statistics Chief After Record Inflation": * https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-erdogan-fires-statistics-chief-after-record-inflation-11643456492 https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-erdogan-fires-... * https://archive.is/https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-erdogan-fires-statistics-chief-after-record-inflation-11643456492 https://archive.is/https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/tur...
mgh2 1y ago
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM1GEnXP7Xp/?igsh=eWsxdGg5NHh6Z28w https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM1GEnXP7Xp/?igsh=eWsxdGg5NHh...
- mizzao 1y ago
  Very insightful short video for those who haven't taken a macroeconomics class before.
lazyeye 1y ago
Trump's comments on the sacking.... "I was just informed that our country's 'Jobs Numbers' are being produced by a Biden appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfar, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who faked the jobs numbers before the election to try and boost Kamala's chances of victory. This is the same Bureau of Labor Statistics that overstated the jobs growth in March 2024 by approximately 818,000 and, then again, right before the 2024 presidential election, in August and September, by 112,000. These were records – no one can be that wrong?"
- Braxton1980 1y ago
  "These were records – no one can be that wrong?" Who said that? There are corrections that are common all the time. Do you have evidence it was done to help Kamala win the election?
  - lazyeye 1y ago
    It's the timing of them and the scale of them that tends to suggest a political motivation. But given the level of hatred of Trump and the lengths the Dems will go to attempt to discredit Trump we've seen so far, it's not hard to believe that this is just another example of the abuse of political power to take out an opponent.
    - Braxton1980 1y ago
      "It's the timing of them and the scale of them that tends to suggest a political motivation" The scale compared to what? Explain the timing argument? There are major elections every two years which is pretty frequent as campaigning starts months before. " it's not hard to believe that this is just another example of the abuse of political power to take out an opponent." So you don't have evidence? What other examples do you have that been proven to indicate there's a clear pattern of abuse or power to target Trump?
      - lazyeye 1y ago
        "The scale compared to what?" Compared to previous adjustments. "What other examples do you have that been proven to indicate there's a clear pattern of abuse or power to target Trump?" The Russian collusion hoax (weaponizing the CIA/FBI against a political opponent via a fabricated dossier paid for by Hilary Clinton). The bypassing of the first amendment through censorship by proxy through pressuring social media organisations to suppress information the Dems didnt like. Alot of which turned out to be true (but inconvenient for the Dems). The ridiculous lawfare against Trump where a DA in New York, who campaigned for the job on the platform of "getting Trump", who was famous for reducing felonies to misdemeanours but in the case of Trump, turned a misdemeanour into a felony. And this was for a crime for which there was no victim (nobody was complaining). The lying/gaslighting the American people on the mental capacity of a president in the early stages of dementia, whilst a cabal of backroom operatives ran the country. The lying/gaslighting of the American people on the open southern border where they first pretended there was no problem, then when it became an election issue, pretended it could only possibly be resolved with bi-partisan legislation. (Trump solved the problem within weeks of being in office with no new legislation). Alot of people believe the open border was simply a strategy to sway voter demographics in the Dems favour. This from the party that likes to lecture everybody about "protecting democracy". The suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story where 50 ex-FBI/CIA operatives lied about the veracity of the laptop so Biden would have a talking point for the upcoming debate. There is no doubt alot more that we don't know about. This is a deeply corrupt political party.

103 points by hhs 1y ago

msie 1y ago

Of course, seems in character with Trump thinking he's a king.

taylodl 1y ago
Not a king, a dictator, on day one - just like he told us he would be - before the election.

selectodude 1y ago

Fired for not being loyal enough to the Party. Hopefully the next one will do a better job cooking the books.

deleted 1y ago
[deleted]

rsynnott 1y ago

Heard of "don't shoot the messenger", but not a fan, presumably.

IAmGraydon 1y ago

Anyone who watches futures knows the dump started before the numbers came out, when he announced that he was going to further fuck with tariffs.

oriettaxx 1y ago

you spot the problem? you are the problem easy behavior. The man has a very simple mind: nobody stopped him when he was (I would add "an ignored") teenager. The good is that he proved how nowadays "democracy" works: ok, you are in charge, but you must obey "the circle": he did not, so the king is naked.... He is the living proof they cheated us.

general1726 1y ago

Unwelcome news comrade, you are going to gulag! Incredible that USA is now more similar to how Eastern Block has been working during cold war. Guys, hiding crap under the ideological carpet will work for a while, but then your country will start rotting from the inside and everything will slowly cease to work. As it did in Eastern Block in 1980s

everybodyknows 1y ago
More recent examples would be Argentina, and before that, Greece under Syriza.

throw0101d 1y ago

From 2022, "Turkey’s Erdogan Fires Statistics Chief After Record Inflation": * https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-erdogan-fires-statistics-chief-after-record-inflation-11643456492 https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-erdogan-fires-... * https://archive.is/https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-erdogan-fires-statistics-chief-after-record-inflation-11643456492 https://archive.is/https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/tur...

mgh2 1y ago

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM1GEnXP7Xp/?igsh=eWsxdGg5NHh6Z28w https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM1GEnXP7Xp/?igsh=eWsxdGg5NHh...

mizzao 1y ago
Very insightful short video for those who haven't taken a macroeconomics class before.

lazyeye 1y ago

Trump's comments on the sacking.... "I was just informed that our country's 'Jobs Numbers' are being produced by a Biden appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfar, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who faked the jobs numbers before the election to try and boost Kamala's chances of victory. This is the same Bureau of Labor Statistics that overstated the jobs growth in March 2024 by approximately 818,000 and, then again, right before the 2024 presidential election, in August and September, by 112,000. These were records – no one can be that wrong?"

Braxton1980 1y ago
"These were records – no one can be that wrong?" Who said that? There are corrections that are common all the time. Do you have evidence it was done to help Kamala win the election?
- lazyeye 1y ago
  It's the timing of them and the scale of them that tends to suggest a political motivation. But given the level of hatred of Trump and the lengths the Dems will go to attempt to discredit Trump we've seen so far, it's not hard to believe that this is just another example of the abuse of political power to take out an opponent.
  - Braxton1980 1y ago
    "It's the timing of them and the scale of them that tends to suggest a political motivation" The scale compared to what? Explain the timing argument? There are major elections every two years which is pretty frequent as campaigning starts months before. " it's not hard to believe that this is just another example of the abuse of political power to take out an opponent." So you don't have evidence? What other examples do you have that been proven to indicate there's a clear pattern of abuse or power to target Trump?
    - lazyeye 1y ago
      "The scale compared to what?" Compared to previous adjustments. "What other examples do you have that been proven to indicate there's a clear pattern of abuse or power to target Trump?" The Russian collusion hoax (weaponizing the CIA/FBI against a political opponent via a fabricated dossier paid for by Hilary Clinton). The bypassing of the first amendment through censorship by proxy through pressuring social media organisations to suppress information the Dems didnt like. Alot of which turned out to be true (but inconvenient for the Dems). The ridiculous lawfare against Trump where a DA in New York, who campaigned for the job on the platform of "getting Trump", who was famous for reducing felonies to misdemeanours but in the case of Trump, turned a misdemeanour into a felony. And this was for a crime for which there was no victim (nobody was complaining). The lying/gaslighting the American people on the mental capacity of a president in the early stages of dementia, whilst a cabal of backroom operatives ran the country. The lying/gaslighting of the American people on the open southern border where they first pretended there was no problem, then when it became an election issue, pretended it could only possibly be resolved with bi-partisan legislation. (Trump solved the problem within weeks of being in office with no new legislation). Alot of people believe the open border was simply a strategy to sway voter demographics in the Dems favour. This from the party that likes to lecture everybody about "protecting democracy". The suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story where 50 ex-FBI/CIA operatives lied about the veracity of the laptop so Biden would have a talking point for the upcoming debate. There is no doubt alot more that we don't know about. This is a deeply corrupt political party.