Trump demands official overseeing US jobs data be fired over dismal report
Mr Trump said that Erika McEntarfer, the director of the Bureau of Labour Statistics who was appointed by former president Joe Biden, should be sacked (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
US President Donald Trump has called for the firing of the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was much weaker in May and June than previously reported.
Mr Trump in a post on his social media platform alleged that the figures were manipulated for political reasons and said that Erika McEntarfer, the director of the Bureau of Labour Statistics, who was appointed by former president Joe Biden, should be fired.
