The White House Spins the Numbers
The White House hit the Sunday shows trying to put a coat of gloss on what looked like a bad jobs report. Kevin Hassett was out there with the usual dance—talking context, alternate surveys, and how the Bureau of Labor Statistics just hasn’t modernized its methods. He didn’t say the numbers were wrong, just that we should think about them differently. It’s the kind of thing administrations always do when the headline doesn’t help them.
Scott Besant followed up with the next move: if the numbers are bad, then Trump was right. The Fed should’ve cut earlier. These aren’t arguments meant to sway voters. They’re about D.C. — telling the rest of the Republican Party what the company line is and what happens if you break it. That’s what these hits are for. Not you, not me. The insiders.
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