President Donald Trump directed his Administration on Friday to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after the agency released a report that showed that the U.S. added fewer jobs in July than many economists had expected,

President Trump treats the figures as legitimate when they are favorable to him and fraudulent when they are less than stellar or seem to benefit his opponent.

On Friday, after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report showing weak July hiring numbers and significant downward revisions to job growth for the last two months; Donald Trump responded by firing its chief.