'Should They Fear For Their Jobs?': Trump Asked If He'll Fire More Officials Who Bring Him Bad News

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Speaking to reporters outside the White House, President Trump was asked if he'd fire future officials who present data he doesn't like after firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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00:00Before the numbers that came out, I said, who is the person that does these numbers?

00:05And then they gave me stats about before the election.

00:08I had a similar problem.

00:10I mean, she gave out numbers that were so good for the Democrats.

00:14It was like unbelievable.

00:15And then right after the election, she corrected those numbers with, I think, almost 900,000 corrections.

00:23I think nobody had ever seen anything like it.

00:25Well, today she did the same thing with the 253,000, whatever the number was.

00:32No, no.

00:32We need people that we can trust.

00:34I mean, your question is a very good one.

00:37We need people we can trust.

00:41You know who you planned our place for with?

00:44I've got about three very good.

00:45I have a lot of good candidates.

00:47I will say everybody wants it.

00:49I've had more phone calls, but I have.

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