President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement accusing the Biden administration of manipulating economic data to mislead the public.
Before presiding over a Purple Heart ceremony with 100 recipients on Thursday, President Donald Trump was joined by economist Stephen Moore to make a surprise announcement accusing the Biden administration of manipulating economic data to mislead the public.
Moore, co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity and a Heritage Foundation fellow, revealed data showing that former President Biden’s Labor Department inflated job growth figures by 1.5 million over the past two years.
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View on XAccording to Moore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) under Biden deliberately overstated employment gains. Trump said this was part of a broader effort to mask the economic struggles faced by American families under the current administration.
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