When the economic news is bad, Trump thinks he can just shoot the messenger. Here’s how the firing played out, as well as analysis and reaction.

President Donald Trump got some bad economic news Friday, and responded by shooting the messenger. Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hours after it sent markets tumbling with a report that showed a dramatic slowdown in US hiring.

In an alarming development, President Donald Trump on Friday called for Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Dr. Erika McEntarfer to be fired, accusing the economic researcher of manipulating the jobs data for political purposes.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday that he was “disappointed” but would work to build Canada’s economic resiliency and diversify its trading relationships.

President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will likely talk "over the next number of days" after the U.S. imposed a 35% tariff on goods not covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement,

On Thursday, Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs against U.S. trading partners that will go into effect next week. The announcement came on the same day that an appeals court grappled with the question of whether Trump’s tariffs are even legal.

The president’s promise to make everyone rich feels as empty as the hundreds of thousands of new jobs we now know didn’t exist.

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a chart next to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick as Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2,

President Trump has formalized an array of high tariff levels and trade deals. NBC News’ Shannon Pettypiece explains what you need to know.