President Donald Trump unexpectedly summoned reporters to the Oval Office on Thursday to present them with charts that he says show the U.S. economy is solid following a jobs report last week that raised red flags and led to the Republican firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

President Donald Trump looks to appoint an ally to the Federal Reserve as he presses the central bank to cut interest rates aggressively. Trump said he was appointing Stephen Miran, the current chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers,