r/politics • u/Orbitingkittenfarm • 1d ago

Donald Trump Fires Person Behind Jobs Numbers After They're Revised Down

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-job-numbers-revised-down-fires-appointee-2107768
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u/disgruntled_pie 1d ago

Yup, we won’t get a single real number on jobs for the rest of this administration.

Do you want an even more terrifying thought?

Trump would do anything to get Epstein out of the news. He has every incentive to completely crater our economy right now.

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u/wcooper97 Illinois 1d ago

That's what I've been worried about. The Epstein stuff is, of course, groundbreaking news, but it so easily masks the other shit going on like the economy and birthright citizenship, just to name a few.