President Donald Trump ordered the removal of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Friday over the jobs numbers report that came out earlier in the day because “we didn’t believe the numbers,” he told Newsmax, adding she was “very suspect.”

Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, after data showed employment growth was weaker than expected last month.

In an exclusive interview with “Finnerty” host Rob Finnerty at the White House on Friday, Trump said “[w]e have had problems in the past” with McEntarfer.

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