Trump Commerce Secretary Blames Bad Jobs Numbers On Govt ‘Rooting Against’ Trump

Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told CNBC’s Squawk Box on Friday that Trump naysayers are to blame for August’s dismal jobs numbers, that are pointing to a slowing economy.

Lutnick supported Trump’s ouster of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, after Trump took issue with July’s numbers, saying at the time, “In my opinion, today’s Jobs Numbers were RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad.”

Lutnick agreed that getting rid of the naysayers was the way to go.

“Take the noise out. Meaning, if the leader is bent against Donald Trump then they’re going to have such errors, and those things are bent,” Lutnick said.

He continued:

We’ve seen this in all sorts of agencies throughout the government, the people, the holdovers from the Biden administration, which is, they’re just bent against the president’s success.They’re rooting against America and against Donald Trump, and that’s got to end.

So, he can’t replace somebody, you know, two weeks ago and you expect fundamental change. But what you will get is an agency that’s on side, just trying to do the best and put out the correct numbers. And that’s what Donald Trump has to do and his whole cabinet has to do, they have to get rid of people who are against the president, against the elected leader of the United States of America and get people on side who just want America to win.

Watch the clip above via CNBC.