Trump Commerce Secretary Hit With Brutal Fact-Check on Fox News
Trump Commerce Secretary Hit With Brutal Fact-Check on Fox News (The New Republic)
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick played dumb Friday about the increasingly real prospect of a recession in a desperate attempt to spin the crashing economybut even Fox News isnt letting him just slip by.
During an interview on Fox Businesss Mornings with Maria, Donald Trumps official tariff cheerleader tried to laugh off the recent prediction that inflation-adjusted GDP was on track to decline this quarter.
I know you said youre not expecting a recession, but investors are on edge over the possibility of a recession this year after the Atlanta Federal Reserve said that its predicting a 2.4 percent contraction in the first quarter, host Maria Bartiromo said. And of course President Trump would not
What? Wait, wait wait say that againa what? A WHAT? 2.4 percent contraction? Lutinick guffawed.
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