'No one can be that wrong!' Trump lashes out in meltdown over his poor job numbers
President Donald Trump lashed out after learning that his job numbers were lackluster at best.
Taking to Truth Social on Friday, Trump wrote that the reason his jobs numbers were so poor was that President Joe Biden appointed the commissioner of Labor Statistics, who "faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try and boost Kamala's chances of Victory."
Last month, Trump sang the praises of the same numbers from the same appointee.
“Nobody wants to talk about GROWTH, which will be the primary reason that the Big, Beautiful Bill will be one of the most successful pieces of legislation ever passed,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on July 2 after the June jobs report was released. “THIS GROWTH has already begun at levels never seen before. Trillions of Dollars are now being invested into the USA, more than ever before."
But a month later, those same numbers were criticized.
According to Trump, the Bureau of Labor Statistics "overstated the Jobs Growth in March 2024 by approximately 818,000 and, then again, right before the 2024 Presidential Election, in August and September, by 112,000."
Trump is confusing the numbers. March 2024 showed over 300,000 jobs. What the BLS revealed is that it overestimated job growth by over 800,000 for the year.
"No one can be that wrong? We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY. She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified," Trump claimed. "Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can’t be manipulated for political purposes. McEntarfer said there were only 73,000 Jobs added (a shock!) but, more importantly, that a major mistake was made by them, 258,000 Jobs downward, in the prior two months. Similar things happened in the first part of the year, always to the negative."
Trump then claimed that under him, "The Economy is BOOMING," and followed up with an attack on the Federal Reserve, refusing to lower interest rates.