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Trump Commerce Secretary Blames Bad Jobs Numbers On Govt ‘Rooting Against’ Trump
Mediaite ^ | 9/5/2025 | Jennifer Bowers Bahney

Posted on 09/05/2025 1:00:22 PM PDT by Miami Rebel

Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told CNBC’s Squawk Box on Friday that Trump naysayers are to blame for August’s dismal jobs numbers, that are pointing to a slowing economy.

Lutnick supported Trump’s ouster of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, after Trump took issue with July’s numbers, saying at the time, “In my opinion, today’s Jobs Numbers were RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad.”

Lutnick agreed that getting rid of the naysayers was the way to go.

“Take the noise out. Meaning, if the leader is bent against Donald Trump then they’re going to have such errors, and those things are bent,” Lutnick said.

He continued:

We’ve seen this in all sorts of agencies throughout the government, the people, the holdovers from the Biden administration, which is, they’re just bent against the president’s success.They’re rooting against America and against Donald Trump, and that’s got to end.

So, he can’t replace somebody, you know, two weeks ago and you expect fundamental change. But what you will get is an agency that’s on side, just trying to do the best and put out the correct numbers. And that’s what Donald Trump has to do and his whole cabinet has to do, they have to get rid of people who are against the president, against the elected leader of the United States of America and get people on side who just want America to win.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Humor
KEYWORDS: bls; concerntroll; concerntrolling; fakenews; firewhonow; jobs; keepfiring; letsfiresomeone; lutnick; mediaite; trumpbasher
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To: Antoninus

Whatever helps you cope and defend tariffs


21 posted on 09/05/2025 3:59:04 PM PDT by Sowellspeaks
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To: Antoninus

Heck of a cope there. Job numbers are bad


22 posted on 09/05/2025 3:59:04 PM PDT by Sowellspeaks
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To: Miami Rebel

During the election you were pretty open about showing polls showing trump losing didn’t work out so well for ya did it?


23 posted on 09/05/2025 4:16:16 PM PDT by Lod881019
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To: Miami Rebel

To provide a controlled money supply.


24 posted on 09/05/2025 4:20:59 PM PDT by frogjerk
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To: Sowellspeaks

Tariffs are not killing jobs. Artificial high interest rates are hurting business expansion.


25 posted on 09/05/2025 4:21:46 PM PDT by frogjerk
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To: frogjerk

Doesn’t expanding or contracting money supply have the same overall effect as lowering or raising the bank borrowing rate?


26 posted on 09/05/2025 4:31:15 PM PDT by Miami Rebel
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To: Miami Rebel

It can affect the interest rate but not to the extent of having a line in the sand setting a particular rate. It is a secondary effect.


27 posted on 09/05/2025 5:12:02 PM PDT by frogjerk
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To: Miami Rebel
Yeah, no. I see no reason to curate articles to suit your preferences.

Translation: "I'm a troll aiming to boost visits to Mediaite's garbage articles."

If FR had a block function, you'd get it.
28 posted on 09/06/2025 12:49:52 PM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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