I read the article (and the real-life situation) differently than you do, I think. As I see it, the core issue is not whether the agency's numbers are right or

I read the article (and the real-life situation) differently than you do, I think. As I see it, the core issue is not whether the agency's numbers are right or wrong or need to be fact-checked. Nor is it whether the administration is making policy without evidence (although that would be / is problematic.) The core issue is that Trump is purporting to dismiss a nonpartisan public servant because he doesn't like that the nonpartisan data coming out of the agency make him look bad. This is something one would expect from Stalin's regime; or North Korea; but not the White House (under any other circumstances).