Key Takeaways:
- Massive Jobs Overcount: New Census data shows the Biden administration overestimated job growth by 1.5 million during its last two years in office.
- Trump Fires Back: President Trump defended firing Biden’s BLS chief, accusing the agency of inflating numbers before the 2024 election to help Democrats.
- Stronger Under Trump: Inflation-adjusted family incomes rose $6,400 in Trump’s last year, compared to just $551 under Biden.
President Donald Trump is calling out what he says is one of the biggest statistical scandals in decades — and the numbers back him up.
On Thursday, pro-Trump economist Steve Moore briefed the president in the Oval Office on brand-new, unpublished Census Bureau data showing the Biden administration overestimated job growth by a staggering 1.5 million jobs during its final two years. That bombshell comes as Trump faces predictable backlash for firing Biden-appointed Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer, whom he accuses of “rigging” the numbers to help Democrats in 2024.
“I was telling the president that he did the right thing calling for a new head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, because this shows… a gigantic error,” Moore said. Trump, never one to mince words, shot back: “If it was an error, that would be one thing… I don’t think it’s an error. I think they did it on purpose.”
Trump’s case: BLS inflated jobs data ahead of the 2024 election to paint a rosy picture for Biden, then quietly revised the numbers downward after Trump’s victory. The July jobs report’s weak performance and downward revisions for prior months only strengthened that suspicion.
Critics claim the firing undermines trust in federal data. Former Trump BLS chief William Beach called it “dangerous.” But Moore’s analysis tells a different story — one about real economic results. From January to June 2025, median family income (inflation-adjusted) rose by $1,174. Compare that to Trump’s first term, which delivered a $6,400 gain in just one year, versus Biden’s “measly” $551 over his tenure.
Moore’s takeaway was blunt: “You gained ten times more income for the average family than Joe Biden, and that’s because of your policies.”
The message is clear — Trump’s America First, pro-growth agenda fueled stronger family incomes, while Biden’s “statistical errors” cost credibility and cash. In business, if your books were off by 1.5 million “entries,” you’d be fired too. In Washington, Trump just made sure of it.