National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett appeared on Fox News Friday to try to spin the disappointing jobs report, which was bleak enough that President Donald Trump tried to shift attention by posting a screed on Truth Social about his former buddy, Jeffrey Epstein.

“One of the things we know is that they've been really, at [the Bureau of Labor Statistics], struggling with bad response rates. Goldman Sachs put out a study yesterday that said that they've been messing up the August seasonals so much that, over the last 10 to 15 years, they've tended to have to revise up the number by around almost 70,000 jobs,” Hassett said.

“So it's their fault?” Fox News host Bill Hemmer asked.

“Well I'm saying that this number, we expect this number will be revised up,” Hassett replied. “That

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