British media: After firing the director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Trump was criticized by Republicans.

Reference News Network August 3 report - According to the UK's The Guardian website on August 2, a report from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the US added only 73,000 jobs in July, far below expectations. US President Trump fired the director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erica L. Mckenzie, for this reason, which drew condemnation from senior Republican legislators.

The report stated that not only was the employment data for July disappointing, but the employment data for May and June were also revised downward, totaling a reduction of 258,000 jobs. Other data also showed that US economic output and consumer spending both slowed in the first half of this year. These data together indicate that the US economic situation is deteriorating.

Trump defended his decision to fire Mckenzie on social media, stating that these data were "manipulated to discredit me and Republicans," and claimed that the US economy was "thriving" during his term, but he provided no evidence.

However, the act of firing Mckenzie raised concerns among members of Trump's own party. Mckenzie was officially appointed as the director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in January 2024 during President Biden's term.

Wyoming Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis said, "If the president fires the director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he doesn't like the data she provides, and the data are accurate, that is a problem. If the data are accurate, but not what the president expects, it's not the bureau's fault."

Lummis added that if the data are unreliable, the public should be informed, but firing Mckenzie was "a bit impulsive."

North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis said, "If the president or other decision-makers just fire the director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because they don't like the data, they should act more maturely."

Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul believes that firing Mckenzie is not an effective way to improve the data.

He said, "We need objective statistics. When the person providing the data is fired, it becomes difficult to determine whether the data will be politicized." (Translated by Xiong Wenyuan)

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