It looks like President Trump has changed his opinion of the federal jobs report. Not so long ago, however, Trump's view of the monthly jobs report, which comes courtesy of the nonpartisan federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, was markedly different. Not a real recovery, phony numbers”Oct. 19, 2012"7.8% unemployment number is a complete fraud as evidenced by the jobless claims number released yesterday. They cooked the books.”Jan. 17, 2016“Look again, you hear these phony jobs numbers? As high as 35 — as in fact, I heard recently, 42 percent.”March 12, 2016“The numbers are phony.

Source: Washington Post March 10, 2017 21:53 UTC