Trump Commerce Secretary Blames Bad Jobs Numbers On Govt ‘Rooting Against’ Trump

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Sep 5th, 2025, 3:42 pm

Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told CNBC’s on Friday that Trump naysayers are to blame for August’s dismal jobs numbers, that are pointing to a slowing economy.

Lutnick supported Trump’s ouster of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner, Erika McEntarfer , after Trump took issue with July’s numbers, saying at the time, “In my opinion, today’s Jobs Numbers were RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad.”

Lutnick agreed that getting rid of the naysayers was the way to go.

“Take the noise out. Meaning, if the leader is bent against Donald Trump then they’re going to have such errors, and those things are bent,” Lutnick sa

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