President Trump, following the release of disappointing jobs numbers, has fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and claimed the figures were faked. The economy added only 73,000 jobs in July, revised down by 258,000 for previous months. Although the Bureau regularly revises statistics, Trump continues to assert this is manipulation. During a CNN interview, Maggie Haberman stated Trump has convinced himself of this notion. She also noted that his claims about approval ratings and gerrymandering are based on misunderstandings and misinterpretations of facts.
Maggie Haberman believes President Trump has convinced himself that the Bureau of Labor Statistics faked underwhelming job numbers, which were actually revised down without evidence.
Following the dismal job report indicating just 73,000 added jobs in July, Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for reporting the numbers.
Jake Tapper questioned if Trump believes his own false statements or is intentionally misleading. Haberman suggested Trump genuinely believes some of his claims regarding approval ratings.
Haberman indicated that Trump's confidence might stem from confusion after seeing approval ratings among certain voter segments, but his overall claims are untrue.
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