Former Commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics William Beach criticizes the President for accusing the bureau of manipulating data for political purposes and what it could mean for American trust in the agency.

The president responded to the lackluster July jobs report by directing his team to fire the chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In an interview with Meet the Press, White House National Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett defends President Trump’s decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer hours after the agency reported that job growth in the U.