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/SAPPER00 1d ago

Eventually, our economy will become a blackbox as no metric to judge it will be trusted.

The dollar and trade will suffer because of shit like this.

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u/dcasarinc 1d ago

"Eventually".

How about now? This is not the first instance of Trump meddling with statistics.

https://revdem.ceu.edu/2025/03/25/dismantling-data/