President Donald Trump came into office with massive plans to overhaul the way the US government operates and consolidate power in himself.
And he’s been largely successful in implementing that vision, thanks to a cowed Congress, timid institutions and a languid judiciary.
But there are growing signs that his entire agenda could be undercut and his party could face massive political consequences because of his hubris on the single most important issue to Americans: the economy.
A new Bureau of Labor Statistics report Friday confirms some the worst fears about a worsening jobs market. A brief recap:
The Trump administration has made pains to try to neutralize headlines about these jobs numbers, including last month by baselessly suggesting the numbers are being rigged to make them look bad. (There is no evidence for this, and there are safeguards to prevent such manipulation.) After a bad July jobs report, Trump fired the head of BLS and now aims to replace her with a controversial loyalist.
