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,

Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer oversaw a July jobs report that the president claims was rigged

Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers "for political purposes."