Trump has a go-to playbook if the numbers reveal uncomfortable realities, and that’s to discredit or conceal the figures and to attack the messenger — all of which can hurt the president’s efforts to convince the world that America is getting stronger.

Days after firing the official responsible for compiling the nation’s jobs statistics, President Donald Trump again claimed without evidence that last week’s jobs report, which showed lackluster July employment growth and large downward revisions for hiring in May and June,

In firing the head of the agency that produces monthly jobs figures, President Donald Trump alleged that the recent weaker-than-expected numbers were phony and that positive numbers reported before th