Reporter Asks Trump Straight-Up About Firing Of BLS Chief: 'Why Should Anyone Trust The Numbers?'

During a press gaggle on Friday, President Trump was asked about his decision to fire the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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00:00President Trump, on the monthly jobs report, going forward, why should anyone trust the numbers?

00:07Well, that's the big thing. You're right. No, you're right. Why should anybody trust numbers?

00:12You go back to election, election day, look what happened two or three days before with massive,

00:18wonderful job numbers trying to get him elected or her elected, trying to get whoever the hell

00:24was running. Because you go back and they came out with numbers that were very favorable to Kamala.

00:31Okay. They're trying to get him elected, trying to get her elected. And then on the 15th of November

00:37or thereabouts, they had an eight or nine hundred thousand overstatement reduction right after the

00:45election. It didn't work. So if you know who won, John, I won. But here's the thing. Your supporters

00:51have had issues with these numbers. Now that you've had and you've had and now that you're

00:56we're doing so well. I believe the numbers were phony just like they were before the election

01:02and there were other times. So you know what I did? I fired her. Right. And so now what I did the

01:07right thing. If any government official, if any government official going forward is presenting

01:13data or information you don't like, should they fear for their job? I've always got a problem with

01:18these numbers. You know, I was thinking about it this morning.