BLS chief fired by Trump over jobs report comments publicly for first time

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Source: The Hill

09/16/25 7:45 PM ET


The former Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, on Tuesday made her first public remarks since she was fired by President Trump last month following a poor jobs report and substantial revisions to earlier data.

Speaking at the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College, her alma mater, McEntarfer recounted her experience learning she had been fired and warned of the potential economic consequences of her firing, according to multiple news reports.

“August 1 was like any other first Friday of the month when the job numbers come out, and my quiet and usually obscure little corner [of] the government goes about its business of telling political leaders what these data tell us about the state of the economy,” she said during her lecture, according to the reports.

“Except, by the end of that day, I had been very publicly fired by the president of the United States and was on my way to becoming a household name. It was quite a day, to say the least,” she continued. McEntarfer said she first learned she had been fired when she was contacted by a reporter asking for comment on Trump’s social media post calling for her firing.

Read more: https://thehill.com/business/economy/5506974-former-bls-commissioner-fired/

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1. Nope, won't click on The Hill.

A king can do his own numbers, make them whatever he wants.

The king just stated he wants to chair the Federal reserve.

So long as people who head departments do as the king demands they can hold the title.

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2. CNN link for you

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/16/economy/former-bls-commissioner-mcentarfer-speaks

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3. Sue his fucking ass. That's libel and probably slander if he spewed the same shit

out in the open.

When Trump fired McEntarfer, he accused her of falsifying jobs numbers to disadvantage him politically. Economists across the political spectrum have said that sort of falsification would be impossible, noting revisions to job numbers are routine and reflect delayed reporting from employers.

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4. Turnip is too gutless to fire anyone to their face, EVER. It's always by a public announcement of some sort.

His catchline from "The Apprentice", was "you're fired!" which was always filmed separately, without the contestants in the room. The contestants were then shown that video, and the cameras filmed their reactions. Editing made it appear otherwise. But Turnip never said those words to their faces. He's too much of a coward to confront people unless he's surrounded by guards -- or the entire security apparatus of the US gov't.