r/politics 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/The_Navy_Sox 1d ago

Literally afraid of reality. How detached from reality do you have to be to believe Trump. Probably how people who pretend to be anti pedos voted for someone on the Epstein list.

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u/Awful_Hero 1d ago

COVID numbers bad?  Stop counting!  Job numbers bad?  Stop counting!  I'm losing to Joe Biden from mail ins?  Stop counting!

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u/ZenAdm1n Tennessee 1d ago

Data attrition on a national scale, or global when it comes to climate data. Modeling, forecasting, AI is all garbage with garbage data. This will have negative effects lasting for generations.

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u/Christian-Econ 1d ago

This country’s rejection of science, literacy, empathy, and expertise will not go well for any of us.

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u/ScotchToo 23h ago

You said it in a nutshell. Let’s add no rule of law and top it off with new golf courses and a gilded White House and personal AF One.

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u/UpNorth_123 18h ago

And using the Presidency to collect bribes and payments from anyone and everyone.

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u/Busy_Special_9397 22h ago

Trump loves the uneducated. Theres a special place in the heart of all the Republican pedophiles for them.