When a president fires a government official for telling the truth, it’s not just a personnel decision—it’s a warning to every institution: facts will be punished.

That’s exactly what happened when President Donald Trump dismissed the chief of labor statistics for releasing a jobs report that contradicted his campaign claims. The numbers weren’t wrong. They just weren’t flattering. So the official—whose job was to report economic reality—was erased.

That one act—a petty grievance dressed in executive power—could ripple through financial markets, shake investor confidence, and inject more instability into an already fragile economy. But the greater damage is to the Republic itself.

This is how truth dies—not with a grand decree, but with a quiet dismissal no one stops.

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