Since Friday, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report, President Donald Trump has made repeated claims that the August report was "rigged" in order to "make a great Republican Success" on the economy look weaker.

In an initial social media post from Aug. 1, Trump decried the bureau's findings that only 73,000 jobs were created in July -- a lower number than economists expected. He also condemned the sharply downward revision of jobs numbers from May and June, which totaled 258,000 fewer jobs than previously reported.

Afterward, Trump fired Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the BLS commissioner nominated by former President Joe Biden and who presided over the most recent jobs report. Trump baselessly accused her of fabricating poor numbers for political reasons. (McEntarf

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