Overview

• President Trump dismissed BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after the bureau cut May and June employment totals by 258,000 jobs.
• In an Oval Office briefing on August 7, he and economist Stephen Moore presented charts alleging that official figures overstated Biden-era job creation by 1.5 million positions.
• Moore’s calculations claim that inflation-adjusted household income rose by $1,174 in the first five months of Trump’s current term.
• White House officials are drafting rules to exclude undocumented residents from the 2030 census, a move that would alter the basis for congressional seats and federal funding.
• Critics warn that politicizing core government statistics could undermine agency independence and complicate data-driven decisions by the Federal Reserve.