Phony In The Past, But Very Real Now

CNN points out that in the roughly two-months since Trump became commander-in-chief the methodology used by the Bureau of Statistics to arrive at such numbers hasn’t changed in the least. But that didn’t stop conservatives from blaming the awful jobs report numbers that came early in Obama’s presidency on Obama, and it probably won’t stop them from attributing good numbers to his successor.

Here’s the thing: If you are going to say there is a grand conspiracy that only you and a handful of others see, you need to offer a step-by-step explanation to the broader public to show why you’re right.

“I talked to the president prior to this and he said to quote him very clearly”, Trump spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters. But if Trump’s accusation against Obama is based on information Jeff Sessions’ team discovered in Justice Department files, the White House should have let this be known instead of leaving it to supporters to infer. It is unclear if Spicer, or Trump, with his retweet of the Drudge Report story, broke the federal rule. The president claims he can bring jobs back by renegotiating trade deals. “What is the president’s evidence?” he asked.

“Not a bad way to start day 50 of this Administration”, Spicer tweeted at 8:57 a.m.

A president can’t legally order a wiretap unilaterally, and Mr. Obama’s office flatly denied the charge. “Today’s job report is not a good sign & we could be facing another recession”, he tweeted.

“Hold on a second”, he said. If a member or members of the Trump administration were picked up during that monitoring because they were the second party in a conversation – as appears to have happened with Flynn, who reportedly spoke to Kislyak on the phone from Trump Tower – it is not evidence of an effort to surveil Trump. The president has in the past tweeted about unsubstantiated and provocative reports he reads on blogs or conservative websites. “That number was put in for presidents and for politicians so that they look good to the people”.

“I apologize if we’re a little excited”, Spicer said.

And he claimed to have found Trump’s dinner invitation to the Cruzes. There are also some who believe the wiretap accusation itself is a way to distract people from the story about Russian Federation, and the media effectively supports the strategy by reporting it.

It’s also the first jobs report to occur during a period under President Trump’s watch. “In fact, I will be the greatest president for jobs that God ever created”.

He indicated that Trump was responding to media reports rather than any word from the intelligence community.

“If he knows, of course he can issue a statement”, Conway said.

Sanders later repeated the same line about the Potomac River.

“I think it’s the question of US manufacturers and job creators and businesses are making because they want to buy into the president’s agenda and vision to create more tax and regulatory business-friendly environment to grow here, and I think that those speak for themselves”, he added.