For Trump, Job and Crime Data Is ‘Phony,’ Unless It Supports His Views The president has ping-ponged between boasts about jobs and crime and attacks on their data sources. Here’s how he is threatening trust in public data.

To Trump, the #veracity of #statistics and #scorekeepers can turn on a dime. When #data works in his favor, he praises, repeats and often #exaggerates the figures. When the numbers on #crime or the #economy run counter to his narrative, they are frequently deemed “fake,” “phony” and a “fraud.”