LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON — Donald Trump has a simple solution when numbers are telling him something he does not want to hear: Make up new numbers. Bloomberg via Getty ImagesKoch has studied personality cults and said that when Trump does something like baselessly claiming the jobs numbers are “rigged,” the statement itself is a flex. Monthly jobs numbers are compiled from surveys of thousands of businesses and government agencies. Trump is making similar efforts to wave off data on falling crime in Washington. “I’ve been thinking about the fact Trump said he would only be a dictator on the first day,” Koch said.
