Jessica Karl, Columnist

Nobody Asked for a Bureau of Beautiful Statistics

Yet that’s what Trump is risking after firing Dr. Erika McEntarfer over “rigged” jobs data.

August 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM UTC

By Jessica Karl

Jessica Karl is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and author of the Bloomberg Opinion Today newsletter.

For Trump the math isn’t adding up.
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Imagine checking the weather report and seeing there’s a 70% chance of rain tomorrow. Instead of, I dunno, bringing an umbrella to work, you decide to fire the meteorologist because you wanted a beautiful, sunny day.