#Trump Tries [& fails] to Downplay Economic Effects of the #IranWar
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#Trump Tries [& fails] to Downplay Economic Effects of the #IranWar
At a White House event for Small #Business Week, Trump falsely characterized the #economy as “roaring” & predicted that #GasPrices would go down soon.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #US #Iran #war #ForeverWars #Trump #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/us/politics/trump-economy-iran-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
#Trump Tries [& fails] to Downplay Economic Effects of the #IranWar
At a White House event for Small #Business Week, Trump falsely characterized the #economy as “roaring” & predicted that #GasPrices would go down soon.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #US #Iran #war #ForeverWars #Trump #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/us/politics/trump-economy-iran-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-shareFacing pressure to address the economic fallout of his #war in #Iran, #Trump on Monday sought to portray his supposed policy “wins” for small businesses as evidence that he was succeeding in building up the #economy.
Speaking to #business leaders from across the country at an event in the East Room of the White House, Trump declared that slashing #taxes & #regulations had yielded “record business,” & that the economy was “roaring.”
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Facing pressure to address the economic fallout of his #war in #Iran, #Trump on Monday sought to portray his supposed policy “wins” for small businesses as evidence that he was succeeding in building up the #economy.
Speaking to #business leaders from across the country at an event in the East Room of the White House, Trump declared that slashing #taxes & #regulations had yielded “record business,” & that the economy was “roaring.”
"Truth is defined by the weakest of us who must suffer through it."
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Facing pressure to address the economic fallout of his #war in #Iran, #Trump on Monday sought to portray his supposed policy “wins” for small businesses as evidence that he was succeeding in building up the #economy.
Speaking to #business leaders from across the country at an event in the East Room of the White House, Trump declared that slashing #taxes & #regulations had yielded “record business,” & that the economy was “roaring.”
The White House described the Small #Business Week event as highlighting “the extraordinary revival of Main Street under his America First agenda.”
But looming over it all was a #war abroad that #Trump began, & whose economic impact is compounding #CostOfLiving concerns among Americans, many of whom say their economic reality has worsened under his tenure.
Trump’s comments Monday created a sharp contrast with economic #reality, as rising #energy #prices hammer families & businesses alike.
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The White House described the Small #Business Week event as highlighting “the extraordinary revival of Main Street under his America First agenda.”
But looming over it all was a #war abroad that #Trump began, & whose economic impact is compounding #CostOfLiving concerns among Americans, many of whom say their economic reality has worsened under his tenure.
Trump’s comments Monday created a sharp contrast with economic #reality, as rising #energy #prices hammer families & businesses alike.
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#Trump Tries [& fails] to Downplay Economic Effects of the #IranWar
At a White House event for Small #Business Week, Trump falsely characterized the #economy as “roaring” & predicted that #GasPrices would go down soon.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #US #Iran #war #ForeverWars #Trump #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/us/politics/trump-economy-iran-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share@Nonilex
Deja vu of his quotes in 2020 about COVID-19. -
#Trump Tries [& fails] to Downplay Economic Effects of the #IranWar
At a White House event for Small #Business Week, Trump falsely characterized the #economy as “roaring” & predicted that #GasPrices would go down soon.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #US #Iran #war #ForeverWars #Trump #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/us/politics/trump-economy-iran-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-shareThe public corruption is all the GOP does, all day, every day
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@alex_p_roe @Nonilex The thing is economy is "roaring" for him; and his family; and friends. That is the optics.
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The White House described the Small #Business Week event as highlighting “the extraordinary revival of Main Street under his America First agenda.”
But looming over it all was a #war abroad that #Trump began, & whose economic impact is compounding #CostOfLiving concerns among Americans, many of whom say their economic reality has worsened under his tenure.
Trump’s comments Monday created a sharp contrast with economic #reality, as rising #energy #prices hammer families & businesses alike.
@Nonilex it has to stop soon
And I don't mean with these fake shooters and TRUMPED up attacks. His own will turn on him and remove him. We'll be left with his and their wreckage -
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