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How Trump decided to fire a little-known statistician, sparking conspiracy theories about government data

How Trump decided to fire a little-known statistician, sparking conspiracy theories about government data

Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump was fuming about the July jobs report signaling a significant slowdown in the economy when he recalled one of his simmering resentments: the statistician overseeing the tabulation of the monthly figures was appointed by former President Joe Biden. Unlike Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, whom Trump has been criticizing for months, the president …

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