Here's Sean Spicer Rejecting Objective Facts, Per the President's Request

President Donald Trump, who has a twisted relationship with objective facts, proved once again that he is only willing to accept reality if it is beneficial to him. During a White House press briefing on March 10, Press Secretary Sean Spicer relayed the president's message that, despite his previous claims denying the legitimacy of jobs reports, the most recent report is "real." This may have had something to do with the fact that the report showed strong growth.

The most recent jobs report showed that the United States economy added 235,000 new jobs in February. While the study measured Trump's first full month in office, Barack Obama's efforts are arguably more responsible for the economy's expansion; even the conservative-leaning New Republic asserted that Obama could take credit for the positive report.

Responding to a reporter's question about whether the president actually believes the most recent jobs report is accurate, Spicer delivered the president's response verbatim. "I talked to the president prior to this," Spicer said. "He said to quote him very clearly: 'They may have been phony in the past, but it's very real now.'"

Spicer, grinning while he responded to the question, seemed to at least acknowledge Trump's reversal in opinion. Spicer did not, however, explain why the president suddenly accepts the job report now . . . since nothing has changed in the Bureau of Labor's method of analysis.