President Donald Trump said he planned to name a new commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics within a few days.
“We’ll be announcing a new statistician sometime over the next three, four days,” Trump said while en route back to Washington, D.C., on Sunday evening.
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Lehigh Valley International Airport, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Allentown, Pa.
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Trump on Friday fired the former commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, after the latest jobs report showed a slowdown in hiring in recent months.
Trump on Sunday claimed without evidence that McEntarfer inflated the job numbers ahead of the 2024 election in an effort to help former Vice President Kamala Harris win the election.
-ABC News’ Hannah Demissie