This is the playbook. We’ve seen it many, many times. And now I have to say, faster even than I expected, it’s come to America,” said the famed economist.

President Trump promptly fired the Commissioner of Labor Statistics on Friday following the release of a weak jobs report. Now, the administration is facing scrutiny about that decision and whether or not Trump is following a pattern of trying to silence facts that he doesn’t agree with.

Economists and Wall Street investors have long considered the job figures reliable, with share prices and bond yields often reacting sharply when they are released.

Trump's latest trade deal with Japan shows how little this administration actually understands what they are doing in the trade policy arena.