On August 3rd, local time, Trump announced that he would announce the new head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics within the next three to four days. Just two days earlier, on August 1st, Trump ordered the dismissal of then-Director Erica McEntrapper, calling her "the biggest miscalculation in over 50 years."

The conflict was sparked by the July jobs report released early Friday, August 1st. The report showed that the US added only 73,000 jobs last month, far below market expectations. Even more alarmingly, the BLS significantly revised data for May and June, with a combined decrease of approximately 258,000 jobs compared to the previous count. This was the second-largest two-month downward revision on record, second only to the pandemic.

Trump was extremely upset by the situation and, in a social media post, accused it of being a "complete and total fraud," claiming that McEntrapper artificially inflated employment figures before the 2024 election to help Democrats, only to drastically lower them after his victory. However, Trump did not provide evidence for this accusation of political manipulation.

As per the official process, U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-Dremer has announced that Deputy Director William Wiatrowski will serve as Acting Director. Everyone is now focused on who Trump will announce as the new Director, and whether he can resolve the data controversy. #特朗普计划宣布新美联储理事