Washington, Aug. 4 -- US President Donald Trump has defended his decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after a disappointing jobs report, claiming she was responsible for "the biggest miscalculations in over 50 years," according to The Hill.

Taking to Truth Social, Trump on Sunday (local time) alleged McEntarfer had manipulated job data during critical political moments. "She did the same thing just before the Presidential Election, when she lifted the numbers for jobs to an all time high. I then won the Election, anyway, and she readjusted the numbers downward, calling it a mistake, of almost one million jobs. A SCAM!" Trump wrote.

The firing came just hours after the Labor Department reported ...