Historic preservation experts are raising concerns over the feasibility of President Trump’s plans to complete large-scale renovations to add a new $200 million ballroom to the White House by the end of his term.

Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers "for political purposes."

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported earlier on Friday that the US had added 73,000 jobs in July, far lower than expected.