To the editor: One other headline for this story may very well be, “President Trump fires competent authorities official as a result of he didn’t like her correct jobs report” (“A raging Trump digs in on his commerce warfare, fires official after brutal jobs report,” Aug. 1). Or, as some say, he’s taking pictures the messenger as a result of he doesn’t like seeing job numbers that replicate a broken economic system.
Erika McEntarfer is a profession civil servant identified for her professionalism and accuracy who has labored as a labor economist for the federal authorities for 20 years and was permitted as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the Senate in a bipartisan 86-8 vote. Even present Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio voted for her.
Dismissing knowledge, info {and professional} opinions, Trump asserts the numbers are “faked.” This view and method by a president are very harmful. The federal government’s reliance on the numerous competent profession staff who report on present and creating knowledge in so many areas of significance, from medical knowledge to army data, is jeopardized by Trump’s self-serving fictions.
Michael H. Miller, Pasadena
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To the editor: What did Trump suppose would occur when he despatched an oligarch with a metaphorical “chain noticed” to eviscerate federal companies? Reply: Lots of people are out of labor. An disagreeable statistic.
What did Trump suppose would occur when he despatched troops of masked brokers into Southern California to principally take brown-skinned folks, with out due course of, from our streets? Reply: an enormous lack of staff within the meals business, elder care, little one care, development and extra. One other disagreeable statistic.
Trump’s obvious resolution: rent a brand new spokesperson for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, one who is aware of how you can lie in MAGA converse.
Suzanne Schechter, Oxnard
