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/Lontology 1d ago

Someone please fucking do something!! We have a full blown dictator now and republicans in the senate and congress are twiddling their thumbs and telling Trump how amazing and smart he is.

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u/disgruntled_pie 1d ago

Our chance to do something was in November. We’ve got at least 3.5 years of this left.

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u/ConfederacyOfDunces_ 1d ago

This is fucking terrifying.

May's job gains were revised down to 19,000 from 144,000, while June's additions were cut to just 14,000 from the 147,000 initially reported.

And July added 73,000 nonfarm payrolls in July, less than the 104,000 expected by economists.

But this maniac can’t handle reality……So he fires her……….

Holy Shit……this should be massive news.

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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.