Donald Trump has fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, today, accusing her of distorting employment numbers in some plot to set him up. The accusation came just hours after a new jobs report revealed a steep drop in hiring over the past three months.

William Beach, the former Trump-appointed BLS commissioner, expressed skepticism that Antoni or any BLS commissioner would actually cease the collection and publication of monthly jobs data, in an interview with TPM. The report is mandated by federal law, and suspending its publication would require an executive order.