“Looking forward to seeing the employment numbers at 8:30 this morning,” President Donald Trump tweeted at 7:21 a.m., hinting the numbers would be favorable. A president who is obsessed with stopping leaks leaked extremely sensitive economic information about May’s jobs report Friday morning, over an hour before the report was officially released. Wolfers said the president’s disclosure is unprecedented both in the U.S. and among his counterparts in other developed countries. Trump teasing and putting a political spin on numbers ahead of their release casts doubt on whether they’re accurate and honest. Trump was one of a highly select group of people briefed on the jobs report ahead of time.

Source: Huffington Post June 01, 2018 19:30 UTC