President Donald Trump has taken decisive action after the latest disastrous jobs report exposed what he says was political manipulation inside the U.S. Department of Labor. The weak numbers — and the massive downward revisions — prompted Trump to immediately remove Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, accusing her of cooking the books to cover for the Biden–Harris economic collapse.

Trump made the announcement directly on Truth Social, revealing that McEntarfer, a Biden appointee, had allegedly distorted employment data to help Democrats during the election season. According to Trump, these manipulated numbers were used to boost Kamala Harris’s political chances while misleading Americans about the true state of the economy he inherited.

“I was just informed that our Country’s ‘Jobs Numbers’ are being produced by a Biden Appointee who FAKED the numbers before the election,” Trump wrote. “We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee IMMEDIATELY.”

NBC News later confirmed that McEntarfer had indeed been terminated and escorted out of her position. She previously worked under Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump’s current secretary of labor, making her firing one of the boldest moves yet in Trump’s effort to purge political operatives embedded in the federal bureaucracy.

The trigger for the termination came after BLS reported only 73,000 jobs added in July, far below economists’ expectations. Even worse, reports for May and June were slashed by a combined 258,000 jobs — the largest downward revision since the pandemic shut down the economy in April 2020. Under Biden-era leadership, these kinds of downward revisions became disturbingly common.

Trump sharply criticized these repeated “errors,” noting that they always seemed to adjust downward — never upward — once the initial headlines had faded. “Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate,” Trump wrote. “They can’t be manipulated for political purposes.”

For months, Trump has been highlighting the revitalization of the economy under his second administration, celebrating strong financial indicators while calling out institutions he believed were still influenced by partisan bias. His now-famous “June Boom” message touted the early success of Trump 2.0 despite resistance from entrenched bureaucrats and a Federal Reserve that he said “plays games with interest rates.”

The president also took a swipe at Fed Chair Jerome Powell, accusing him of lowering rates before the election to help Democrats, only to act “too late” to be effective. Trump suggested Powell should be “put out to pasture” for repeatedly making politically driven decisions that undermined economic transparency.

The fallout from the weak July report was immediate. Markets reacted sharply, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging 500 points and the Nasdaq tumbling 2% by the close of trading — a clear signal of shaken investor confidence following months of shaky and unreliable government data.

Trump’s decision to fire McEntarfer sends a clear message: the era of “Bidenomics cover-ups” is over, and the American people deserve honest, accurate, and transparent reporting on the strength of the economy. The move underscores Trump’s broader effort to clean house, restore accountability, and rebuild trust in federal data after years of politically motivated manipulation.