Of all the terrible things Donald Trump has said and done as president, the most dangerous one just happened Friday. Trump, in effect, ordered our trusted and independent government office of economic statistics to become as big a liar as he is.

Thomas L. Friedman

The New York Times

Opinion

He fired Erika McEntarfer, the Senate-confirmed head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for bringing him economic news he did not like, and in the hours immediately following, the second most dangerous thing happened: The senior Trump officials most responsible for running our economy — people who in their private businesses never would have contemplated firing a subordinate who brought them financial data they did not like — all went along for the ride.

What they should have said to Trump is this:

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