President Donald Trump on Thursday met with General Motors’ chief executive and doubled down on his assertion that Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama.

BARRA MEETING

Trump met GM GM, -0.37% CEO Mary Barra during a closed-press meeting in the Oval Office. The White House didn’t provide a readout of the meeting, which Reuters said would focus on trade, contract talks and vehicle fuel efficiency standards. Commenting to reporters, Barra called the meeting “productive and valuable” but didn’t elaborate further.

The meeting came just days after Trump criticized the auto maker, calling it one of the smallest in Detroit and suggesting it should move operations back to the U.S. from China.

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In a brief comment that led some observers on Twitter to question if he was referring to jobs data to be released on Friday, Trump said in a tweet, “Really Good Jobs Numbers!”

But former officials including Jason Furman, who ran the Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama era, said Trump was likely referring to private-sector job growth. Businesses created 195,000 private sector jobs in August, according to payroll processor ADP.

DORIAN AND ALABAMA

After meteorologists’ criticism, Trump insisted Dorian was headed for Alabama at one point and said news coverage of his initial claim was intended to “demean” him.

“In the one model through Florida, the Great State of Alabama would have been hit or grazed,” said Trump in a tweet. “In the path it took, no. Read my FULL FEMA statement. What I said was accurate! All Fake News in order to demean!”

Trump on Wednesday showed a doctored, nearly week-old image of Dorian’s projected path, in an apparent effort to save face by claiming he was right when he wrongly said Alabama was at risk.

Now read:Trump displays hurricane map doctored to support his tweet that Dorian threatened Alabama. (It did not)

Also see:Pete Buttigieg says he feels pity for President Trump over ‘national embarrassment’ of Alabama claim.

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