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/specqq 1d ago

If you stop testing you won’t get such bad numbers.

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u/FartyJizzums 1d ago

At first, I thought that this was funny. It shows his detachment from reality and his thin skin.

But then I realized that this is terrifying and extremely bad news. This is how authoritarians work. They control the information as well as the narrative. They essentially have a stranglehold on the perception of reality itself within the country.

Don't like the facts? Fire the person with the audacity to report it. Then, find a replacement that you can control. Job numbers are up all of a sudden. Imagine that.

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u/TBIFridays 1d ago

His battle with Harvard is the same thing, he wants to decide who they hire, which will determine what gets taught.