Trump Nixon

US President Donald Trump’s inability to face the facts is yet another sign he’s tilting towards tyranny, according to one former White House Cabinet member.

After the release of a weak July jobs report and dismal updates to May and June numbers on Friday, a furious Trump sacked the top official at the Bureau of Labor Statistics in a post on Truth Social.

“The Economy is BOOMING under ‘TRUMP,’” he declared while accusing BLS Commissioner Dr. Erika McEntarfer and her agency of manipulating employment statistics “for political purposes.”

Following McEntarfer’s unceremonious ouster, Larry Summers, the treasury secretary under former President Bill Clinton, warned that Trump’s actions are a dire sign for democracy when he appeared on the Sunday episode of ABC’s This Week.

“This is way beyond anything that Richard Nixon ever did,” Summers told host George Stephanopoulos.

It’s “preposterous” for Trump to accuse the Bureau of Laboor Statistics of warping employment numbers for political gain,........

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