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Trump Calls a Routine Revision of Job Numbers a ‘Lie’

Trump Calls a Routine Revision of Job Numbers a ‘Lie’

Each year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revises its monthly employment figures, which come from a survey of employers, based on more comprehensive data it obtains later from state filings. But former President Donald Trump called this year’s revision a “total lie,” baselessly claiming that “the Harris/Biden administration has been caught fraudulently manipulating job statistics.”