„Banana Republic“: Experten entsetzt, als Trump die BLS -Direktorin über schlechte Arbeitsplätze entlastet | Ein Wirtschaftswissenschaftler überlegte, dass die Wirtschaftsberater des Präsidenten „ein Bilderbuch“ machen könnten, damit sie „Trump erklären können, wie die Daten gesammelt werden“.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-bls-jobs-report
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I dont think they have the crayons or the time to do that
> One economist mused that the president’s economic advisers could make „a picture book“ so they can „explain to Trump how the data are collected.“
Didn’t an aide from Trump’s first administration say they essentially had to that with his daily briefs
Who knew economists were so quick with the comeback.
Trump killing the messenger is his MO. Guess what, Einstein, the buck always stops with you no matter how much you duck.
It’s classic Trump, making distraction. Instead of talking about the bad jobs report Trump wants us to talk about the firing. It’s unfortunate but that’s how the orange man operates.
This is something Gaddafi would have done
Simple brained tRump logic:
If you don’t like the facts, fire the guy/gal responsible for the facts.
Septic Don
We are so cooked. Actions like these are Tinpot Dictator actions. If we can’t rest control back of Congress in the midterms to stop this madness and be a check on these horrible policies… I just cannot fathom what 2 years from now is going to look like.
We’re 7 months in, and despite Wall Street tuning him out because of TACO summer, the economy is getting ready to careen off a cliff. People will see – and feel – the job losses and he can’t just put someone in to lie about them. People are going to see the inflation that is barreling towards us now and all of the prices for everything increasing due to this tax on consumers. People are going to see how the dollar gets weakened like crazy.
Is there anything that will break the brainwashing of the MAGA cult?
Hard to talk to or convince some
Trump is old. Trump is stupid. Trump is a felon. Trump is a rapist.
Why has he not been dragged away yet?
This should not be leader of our or ANY country.
She did not lie about the figures as Trump demands. Is there anything we can believe of what the Trump administrations say?
It won’t matter if they explain it to him. He doesn’t really believe the data is bad, he’s projecting. He is going to install someone in her place that will lie about the numbers to make his economic policies look better. This is the approach he used when his COVID numbers looked bad. Slow the testing down.
Trump is a bitch, you read it right
That’s what the comunist regime used to do!
The 5 years plan was always completed in about 4 years, unemployment was 0, there was no dissent and all the votes were 100% in favour. United Shithole of America !
Kim Jong Don
He understands the data is real. He wants the data people to lie for him.
I always figured he’d go with „puppet show“ just because the word „book“ prolly makes him feel mad and confused.
Trump has always reminded me of Uganda’s IDI Amin…and it’s getting worse (read/watch The Last King of Scotland if you’re wondering what I’m talking about).
Indeed – a picture book, drawn in colorful crayola crayon.
Epstein Yellow, I find, tends to garner his attention the best.
How many times was he impeached? How many times was he named in Epstein file? How many criminal convictions does he have? How much does he owe Jean Carroll for sexually assaulting her?
The truth doesn’t matter to maga voters. They only care about owning the libs and hating every type of minority imaginable. They are perfectly fine being spoon fed made up numbers that make Trump look like a god.
>“Trump firing the BLS director for a bad jobs report—days after demanding the Smithsonian remove him from the list of impeached presidents—is banana republic stuff,“ remarked Jessica Riedl, an economist at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a conservative think tank. „Trump just ensured that we should not trust any government data coming out of his administration. Why should we trust data from agencies in which the director’s job depends on altering any bad economic news?“
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>“By incorrectly asserting that the data are biased, President Trump is undermining the integrity of the information that policymakers, businesses, households, and investors use to make important decisions that affect the welfare of the nation,“ he warned. „It is imperative that decision-makers understand that government statistics are unbiased and of the highest quality. By casting doubt on that, the president is damaging the United States.“
>Dean Baker, an economist at the progressive Center for Economic and Policy Research, questioned whether Trump’s directive to his team to fire was a fresh sign of mental decline.
>“I was thinking that someone on Trump’s economic team could explain to him how the data are compiled, but I realize that they can’t even explain to him that his big beautiful tariffs are taxes on us,“ he [joked](https://x.com/DeanBaker13/status/1951360474198737240). „I guess in his current mental condition, Trump just can’t learn anything new.“
Manipulating government data especially economic data is always part of a country’s descent into authoritarian regimes. Russia lies about its economic data, China lies about its economic data. Trump is acting like a dictator and Republican Party isn’t just letting him do it, they are helping him get there.
Trump has no intention of leaving office at the end of this term, people better start taking that threat for real.
Are there other economists who collect this same data so we can know the real numbers? We know whatever BLS spews out in the future will be BS.
Release the unredacted files!
Someone would need to explain the pictures to him.
Unless they can break it down to two or three pictures, it will still be beyond his grasp.
They should stop being polite about it and just straight up say Trump is too stupid to understand. And then sit back and let him bluster in rage.
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
He would throw a temper tantrum if the picture book was mean to him and then get an [appeasement lollipop.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/FFBNMY/cartoon-world-war-ii-nrememberone-more-lollypop-and-then-you-all-go-FFBNMY.jpg) (Yes, that Dr. Seuss drew this.)
Yeah, Trump is a spoiled rotten fascist maniac. Also, he is a pedophile.
Congress and the Roberts Court are letting him get away with this. Get rid of the Congress members who aren’t representing us and rebalance the Supreme Court.
He’s the definition of “I’ll draw you a picture using crayons so you’ll better understand the big words”. This man is just that catastrophically moronic and he’s the person this country chose to vote into power? (Unless we’re suggesting ballot tampering which would explain so much at this point and no one would be surprised if that did break the news tomorrow).