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CNBC host pushes back on Trump over ‘rigged’ report: ‘Give me a break’
CNBC anchor Joe Kernen questioned President Donald Trump on Tuesday over his claims about a recent jobs report. A revised ...
WH Economic Advisor Kevin Hassett: Yeah, I'm Sure Trump Will Rush To Fire Me Because Chuck Schumer Said To
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett responded to Sen. Chuck Schumer calling him a "flack," on CNBC this morning, ...
Trump's claims of 'rigged' jobs numbers challenged by CNBC host
It's totally rigged. Smart people know it. People with common sense know it," Trump said in an Aug. 5 appearance on CNBC's Squawk Box. Trump, on Friday, Aug. 1, fired Erika McEntarfer, ...
CNBC’s Economics Guru Calls BS on Trump’s Job Stats Claims
CNBC senior economics reporter Steve Liesman called out Donald Trump’s rationale for firing the commissioner of the Bureau of ...
Trump contorts timeline of jobs report revisions in effort to justify firing BLS chief
Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner has raised fears that government employment data, used to make major economic policy decisions, will become politicized.
Trump Fact Checked Live on TV on Dire Polls and Stats Boss Firing
President Donald Trump was laughed at and fact-checked live on CNBC during a wild phone interview in which he claimed the ...
Trump Says Bessent Won’t Be Fed Nominee, Doubles Down on ‘Rigged’ Job Data Claim
President Donald Trump doubled down on claims that the Bureau of Labor Statistics had “ rigged ” jobs data during a Tuesday ...
CNBC Daily Open: That's not how revisions to jobs numbers work
Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after jobs report. In a Truth Social post, the U.S. president accused BLS ...
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'No Pocahontas!' Trump loses it as Elizabeth Warren destroys him on CNBC
President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) as she slammed him in a CNBC interview for firing Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) administrator Erika McEntarfer over a poor jobs ...
Reed demands probe into Trump’s firing of official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report
PROVIDENCE — US Senator Jack Reed is calling for a special investigation into President Trump’s abrupt firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a weaker-than-expected ...
Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after weaker-than-expected jobs figures slam markets
Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of being a political appointee who was manipulating jobs data.
CNBC Grills Trump on "Rigged" Labor Data: "It Is Antiquated, But It's Also Very Political"
President Trump called in to speak with CNBC's Joe Kernen on Tuesday morning to explain firing the head of the Bureau of ...