U.S. President Donald Trump alleged on Friday that the day’s national employment figures were “rigged” to damage his standing and that of the Republican Party. Calling the data a “total scam,” he said the report’s revisions were designed to make his economic record look weaker than it is. Trump also directed criticism at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, declaring the central-bank chief "no better" than the purportedly manipulated jobs numbers. The president offered no evidence or specific explanation for how the figures might have been altered.