CNBC Anchor Confronts Trump's Falsehoods Live on Air Amid Unfounded Claims

During a tumultuous interview on CNBC Tuesday, President Donald Trump presented numerous inaccurate assertions, prompting the typically composed host, Joe Kernen, to challenge him directly. Topics ranged from employment statistics to fuel prices and international trade agreements, with Trump offering a distorted version of reality that left observers and critics taken aback. At the outset, Kernen disputed Trump's unsubstantiated claim that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) manipulated job data to disadvantage him and conceal negative news ahead of the 2024 elections. Trump alleged that the BLS delayed releasing downward revisions in employment figures until after the election, but this assertion was factually incorrect. Matt Gertz, a senior fellow at Media Matters, clarified: "The BLS report from November 1, 2024, indicated modest job growth of 12,000 in October, with revisions reducing figures for August and September by 112,000. Post-election, the October data was later revised upward. It's unclear whether Trump is misinformed or intentionally spreading falsehoods." Supporting this, Nick Timiraos of The Wall Street Journal pointed out that Trump was misrepresenting dates re...