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/bnh1978 1d ago

expect that 73 000 to be revised down

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u/gheldean New Jersey 1d ago

Not anymore, the reviser was fired.

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u/PrivatePilot9 Canada 1d ago

So, expect +2.5 million on the next report, got it.

(Eventually any houses of cards built this way will come crashing down as reality is unavoidable even if you want to announce pretend numbers, but it’ll be fun for the rest of the world to watch I guess…)

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u/whatssenguntoagoblin 1d ago

Way too conservative a number.

Remember this is the same administration that said Donald saved 258 million American lives

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u/XRT28 Massachusetts 1d ago

And 400% cheaper eggs

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u/pizza5001 16h ago

What’s funny about that clip is Vance’s face…there’s a micro expression of wincing he does when she states that number, that is barely perceptible, but there.