Trump’s Firing of Labor Statistician Isn’t Just Petty—It’s a Despotic Red Flag

Trump’s Firing of Labor Statistician Isn’t Just Petty—It’s a Despotic Red Flag



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  2. You all realize you’re never going to have those mid-term elections, right? He won’t allow anything to threaten his power. He will contrive an emergency and cancel democracy.

  3. More on this subject from other reputable sources:

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    – Age (B): [‘Rigged’: The jobs numbers came in and they were bad. Trump fired the stats boss](https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/trump-fires-statistician-after-weak-employment-data-claiming-it-was-rigged-20250802-p5mjqa.html)
    – 1News (B): [Trump wants director of jobs data fired after dismal employment report](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/08/02/trump-wants-director-of-jobs-data-fired-after-dismal-employment-report/)
    – New York Times (B+): [Trump Says He’s Firing Labor Statistics Chief After Weak Jobs Report: Live Updates](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/31/business/tariffs-trump-trade/trump-jobs-numbers-fires-labor-official)
    – Washington Post (B): [Trump fires data statistics chief after large revision to jobs report](https://wapo.st/4oiZEnA)

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  6. It’s his own damned fault and he needs to be told and shown that over and over!

  7. We are beyond red flags now.  

    This gives a compelling basis for the notion that nothing the administration releases is credible.

  8. 34 counts of falsifying business records is going to be a drop in the pocket…

  9. Shoot the messenger and ignore the message. What could possibly go wrong?

  10. Wait until he fires his doctor for telling him his cholesterol is too high

  11. Which should surprise….who? He tried to stop COVID testing for the same reason, no tests, no reported cases… business as usual.

  13. Not the first nor the last to be chucked under the Trump bus.

  14. “Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”
    Hannah Arendt

  15. When people can be fired and criminalized for their actions in their capacity of employment because our President doesn’t agree with their conclusions, we have truly descended into an autocratic society.

    They have already given fake news and propaganda outlets preferential treatment while attacking legitimate news organizations. Undoubtedly the free press is next and reporters who say anything negative about Trump can and will be prosecuted by our DOJ.

    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

  16. Most people like “yeah despotic! Means we gettin’ more depots!”

  17. It’s par for the course. Unfortunate golfing metaphor, yes.

  19. Yea and Dems won’t do a thing about it. Too busy tracking their insider trading and AILAC checks

  21. CNBC won’t be able to keep a straight face, they gonna be laughing at the numbers next month.

  22. Had the guy added three zeros with a sharpie to that report he’d be Gumps hero.

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