Donald Trump’s contentious decision to fire the U.S. statistics chief has done little to stem an economic slump, with the latest jobs report showing only 22,000 jobs were added in August - well below expectations. One month after Trump sacked the Bureau of Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer in response to weak job numbers, the unemployment rate rose to 4.3 per cent, the highest since 2021.
And that 2200 number got announced after being already cooked by the new replacement management. Imagine what the actual number was.
5 blow jobs!
That’s right, last month we gained 5 blow jobs!
Everyone in the department has been pretty clear that the director has no real way to influence the numbers. I suppose they could just release a fake document, but that wouldn’t be very tenable in the long term.
Why else would the director be replaced? No other reason seems feasible – he didn’t like the true answer.
Because he’s an idiot and assumed the next director can make the change.
Shooting the messenger has a long, sordid history.
They can push for things like altered definitions and thresholds, etc, even if they’re not authorized to pick their own numbers directly, etc.
What does this really mean though?
The same could be said of any democratic institution, of course the director doesn’t have any way to influence the reporting they produce because it’s all supposed to be transparent and reliable.
In reality though, in the Trump admin, they can absolutely manipulate the numbers in a myriad of ways.
That’s certainly not going to stop them from trying.
And these jobs that were created are mostly ICE hires ಠ_ಠ
Wow, it has been a while since I have seen the good ol’ Reddit glare ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Population growth in August should have been around 162,000. 22,000 jobs created means a deficit of around 140,000 jobs. Or rather 100,000 people without jobs probably.
Not a good look for him.
They’re gonna spin it into AIs great success.
Shh they like to say “only 22k jobs” like we’re still growing just not as fast
The media today was a case study in “ok don’t panic everyone”
Just eye already
I can recommend a good dye: color code 8647
“We apologise again for the fault in the data. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked, have been sacked.”
The firings will continue until the numbers look good.
Well, those interdental tooth brushes can be quite sharp…
Since he’s installing loyalists, the integrity of the data will now always be in question.
If the numbers aren’t great, and that’s even with a thumb on the scale?
They are much worse than this. Inflation is worse than they show. The dollar has lost 11% of its value since January. We are in freefall because of MAGA Republicans and Donald Trump.
Trump doesn’t care, he has most of his money in crypto. He wants the dollar to tank, because then his shitcoins are worth more dollars.
That’s the point. That’s why AI is being pushed so hard on top of it. Information integrity is dead… I have the numbers to prove it.
What’s really annoying is people keep acting like this hasn’t been a thing already for nearly a decade.
Wait wait wait… are you telling me that ignoring and hiding a problem does not FIX that problem!!!
What if we increase the cost of everything for no reason? I mean if everyone can buy less things, and everything costs more to manufacture, everyone will need more jobs.
Trump suffers…
Don’t get my hopes up like that
I bet 11000 of those new jobs are just loyalists replacing “DEI hires” (aka competent people).
I would count each of those as a -1 to job stats. Anti-woke jackasses are worse than nothing, I expect.
Depends how you measure it…They are at least as good as two men on holiday.
“It’s the past administration’s fault I fired that staff! You liberal media always pushing propaganda!”
“Biden job slump time bomb!?”
I can see the headlines already.
Sleepy Joe gets long range hit on Trump administration.
The fact that their mind even goes to " it was deliberate long-term planning on my opponent’s part to make me look bad" suggests that is shit they do… instead of ‘governing in the best interest of the people they represent’ which is what their job is supposed to be, and what their opponents actually do.
The ironic thing is, a lower employment rate increases the chances the Fed will reduce interest rates, which is exactly what Trump wants. He is working against himself trying to rig the numbers, and creating a situation where rates can get significantly out of sync with the real economy.
real economy
Because the dude has no concept of what reality/truth is. We just all have to live in his fucked up head canon of how the world works.
To be fair that’s pretty much always been the case throughout history, we’re just seeing one far edge case where perceived vs actual reality differ more than they usually do for the guy in charge.
The numbers released on Friday mark the first such release since a dismal jobs report last month prompted Trump to fire McEntarfer, the bureaucrat in charge of them, and claim the data was politically manipulated.
He then nominated Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni, a Project 2025 architect and fan of Nazi battleships, as her potential replacement.
It would be pretty funny if he keeps firing them everytime a report comes out…
It will be lucky for them if all he does is fire them
Antoni hasn’t been confirmed yet so has no part in this latest report. He’s also come out and said he won’t release monthly jobs numbers anymore once installed.
And that would all be enough to prevent a logical person from firing that Nazi for reasons other than just being a Nazi…
But we’re talking about the American government here.
It wouldn’t be that shocking if he just reflexively fires the guy anyways.
Government employee #41526: Sir, your wife called
Trump: GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE! YOU’RE FUCKING FIRED! DEPORT THIS LYING LIB!!!
GE#41527: Ahem. She wanted to confirm that 7 o’clock is good for dinner reservations.
Trump: Oh goodie! I’m so excited! She might touch my pp tonight. I’m so happy that you’re fired!
GE#41528: -Hides and accidentally group chats a reporter how he wishes the Main Stream Media would have warned him about how awful Trump is-
he wishes the Main Stream Media would have warned him about how awful Trump is-
I’m really not looking forward to when maga starts to ask:
Why didn’t anyone stop this if you knew it was gonna be so bad?
Once the shit really hits the fan. They’ve removed all the guardrails and are gonna act shocked when a bus really goes off the cliff.
The bus went off the cliff a while ago. We’re just waiting for the impact.
I wish you were right.
But we’re still accelerating, we got all four wheels on the pavement and the pedal to the floor
Shits gonna get fucking nuts bro
Just got to remind myself. As long as I can make it to the next housing crash, I will be ok. And if I’m ok, I can keep helping others.
But damn do they make it hard.
I guess the economy is complicated huh, just like health care? Sure seems like Biden had the right tactic for four years, so what’s his problem? Too stupid? What good was that ivy league business education of his?
To the surprise of literally no one, the American economy is doing bad.
Hey but GDP, a completely useless metric for describing how the real economy for the 99% is doing, is pretty healthy!
You mean 5he stock market…?
No?
surprised the new hire could even count that high.
