Monday, August 11th, 2025, at the U.S. Labor Headquarters in Washington, DC, USA.
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images
The White House used revised employment data released Tuesday as feed to criticize President Donald Trump’s three frequent targets: Labor Statistics Bureau, former President Joe Biden and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
“Today, the BLS has announced the biggest downward revision on record, proving that President Trump is right. Biden’s economy is a disaster, and BLS is broken,” White House spokesman Caroline Leavitt said in a statement.
“This is exactly why new leadership is needed to restore confidence and trust in BLS data on behalf of financial markets, businesses, policymakers, and families who rely on this data to make key decisions,” she said.
“Jerome is “too late” Powell, just as BLS has failed the American people. He officially uses up his excuses and now has to cut his fees. ”
The Labor Department’s report showed that the US economy created fewer jobs than was first reported in the year that began in March 2024.
Annual revisions to annual non-farm pay data showed a 911,000 decrease from the initial estimate, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ first report.
BLS has been the target of coordinated campaigns to undermine data coordinated by the White House.
Trump suddenly fired Erica Mantelfer, director of Labor Statistics, in August after BLS released its initial employment data for July.
Trump argued that these revisions were common in employment reports, indicating that BLS was manipulating employment data for political purposes. His dismissal of McEntarfer caused sharp responsibilities from economists and several lawmakers.
Powell was appointed Trump in 2017 and served as chairman of the central bank.
However, since the start of Trump’s second term, the chairman has become a frequent target for the White House.
But in August, Powell said uncertainty in the US economy could justify interest rate cuts later this month.
