WATCH: ‘I think their numbers were wrong,’ Trump says after firing BLS head over jobs report
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WATCH: ‘I think their numbers were wrong,’ Trump says after firing BLS head over jobs report
“I had issues with the numbers for a long time,” Trump says. “But today, we’re doing so well.”
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President Donald Trump says he “did the right thing” by having his team remove the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures, after a weak report showed hiring slowed and was much weaker in April and May than previously reported.
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“I had issues with the numbers for a long time,” Trump said to reporters Friday on the White House’s South Lawn. “But today, we’re doing so well. I believe the numbers were phony.”
“So, you know what I did? I fired her. And you know, what? I did the right thing,” he said.
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