Trump's BLS Nominee Suggests Suspending Jobs Report

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has proposed ending releasing the aency's closely watched jobs report each month.

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 01:30 PM | 7 COMMENTS | permalink

"I've been on several programs with him at this point and have been impressed by two things: his inability to understand basic economics and the speed with which he's gone MAGA," one conservative economist said of Trump's BLS pick.

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-- Axios (@axios.com) Aug 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM

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We've moved beyond farce into tragedy.

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-08-12 01:39 PM

Felon 47's nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has proposed ending releasing the aency's closely watched jobs report each month.

Pathetic.

#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-08-12 01:41 PM

Probably better to have no numbers rather than fake numbers, which was the only other choice.

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-08-12 01:43 PM

He probably can't read a jobs report, let alone author one.

Trump likes his people dumb;

easier for Trump to appear like a very stable genius,
stupid people don't resist much when they're being thrown under the bus, and they might even throw themselves.

#4 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-08-13 05:11 PM

"Not hearing about the bad reality of things is good, actually" - MAGA

#5 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-08-13 05:20 PM

If you stop testing for covid it will disappear. If you stop reporting unemployment numbers we will have full employment.

And I thought "Idiocracy" was satire.

#6 | Posted by TenMile at 2025-08-13 05:28 PM

And I thought "Idiocracy" was satire.

#6 | POSTED BY TENMILE

Turns out it was a warning and a harbinger of things to come.

Gratz America. Enjoy your FAFO.

#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-08-13 05:53 PM

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