President Trump on Sunday defended his decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) following a weak jobs report, a move that has sparked broad pushback.

Trump in a post on his Truth Social platform asserted that fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer "had the biggest miscalculations in over 50 years," portraying Friday's dismal jobs numbers as the latest example.

The president alleged the labor official "did the same thing just before the Presidential Election, when she lifted the numbers for jobs to an all time high. I then won the Election, anyway, and she readjusted the numbers downward, calling it a mistake, of almost one million jobs. A SCAM!"

"She did it again, with another massive 'correction,' and got FIRED!" Trump added.

White House officials offered similar arguments Sunday in

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