President Trump's federal hiring freeze and decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer raise questions about the validity of inflation data.

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

Erika McEntarfer was a longtime US government employee who bore the brunt of President Trump’s unhappiness with Friday’s jobs report. She had served as the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) head for a year and a half.