In an interview with Meet the Press, White House National Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett defends President Trump’s decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer hours after the agency reported that job growth in the U.

Bureau of Labor Statistics head Erika McEntarfer is out because President Donald Trump didn't like the July jobs report. Actually, check that: That's not really the news as it is, that's the news as it was reported last week when it happened.

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett agreed with President Donald Trump‘s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics due to the “massive revisions” of the last jobs report. According to the latest BLS report,