Howard Lutnick tried to defend President Trump’s economic plan after damning data revealed a rise in inflation and jobless claims.

The Commerce Secretary expressed confidence that the economy will start booming in 2026 and reach “full fire” in 2027 after the Labor Department reported Thursday that consumer prices rose for the fourth month in a row to 2.9 percent, and the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits hit 263,000 last week, the highest in almost four years.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/lutnick-moves-goalpost-after-poor-inflation-jobless-claims-reports/

 

 

2 hours ago, Alan Zweibel said:

Howard Lutnick tried to defend President Trump’s economic plan after damning data revealed a rise in inflation and jobless claims.

The Commerce Secretary expressed confidence that the economy will start booming in 2026 and reach “full fire” in 2027 after the Labor Department reported Thursday that consumer prices rose for the fourth month in a row to 2.9 percent, and the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits hit 263,000 last week, the highest in almost four years.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/lutnick-moves-goalpost-after-poor-inflation-jobless-claims-reports/

 

 

And of  course, he's trying to blame Biden for Trump's bad economic results!