Trump’s reaction to the jobs report follows a familiar playbook of discrediting unfavorable data

Trump has a long history of dismissing data when it reflects poorly on him and extolling or even fabricating more favorable numbers.

When the coronavirus surged during President Donald Trump’s first term, he called for a simple fix: Limit the amount of testing so the deadly outbreak looked less severe. When he lost the 2020 election, he had a ready-made reason: The vote count was fraudulent.