What happens next can only go wrong for him and the U.S. Here’s what experts and critics are arguing in the aftermath.

Trump abruptly fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday after the release of the report, claiming that the Biden-era appointee’s work analyzing the granular data of America’s economy was “faked” and could not be trusted.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses surveys to collect economic data including employment counts, wages and inflation.