ZitatPresident Trump broke an obscure yet tried-and-true rule on Friday - don't comment on the monthly jobs report within the hour of its release.
This is the second time in recent months the Trump administration has violated the federal rule barring all executive branch employees, including the president, from making public comments on leading economic indicators before the hour deadline is reached.
The long-standing federal rule issued in 1985 says that the executive branch must wait for an hour - 9:30 a.m. in the case of the jobs report and most other major economic indicators.
But Trump took to Twitter at 8:45 a.m. Friday morning, only 15 minutes after the government reported that the economy had added 209,000 jobs in July, to hail the results as the result of his administration's policies.
Eric Trump accuses Twitter of censorship By Ali Breland 08/04/17 03:56 PM EDT
resident Donald Trump’s son, Eric Trump, on Friday accused Twitter of censoring one of his tweets.
In a tweet on Friday, the president's son tweeted out a screenshot of a tweet posted earlier on Friday that read “Jobs Jobs Jobs!!!” followed by several American flag emojis. The tweet also retweeted another user's tweet that included a Drudge Report link about Friday's jobs report.
Eric Trump's tweet was hidden for some viewers behind a standard Twitter warning, which was depicted in the screenshot. The grey warning box reads: “This tweet is not available because it includes potentially sensitive content.”
“Why are my tweets about jobs and the economy being censored? #Interesting” Trump tweeted in response.