As the US midterms approach, Trump’s boasts on the economy fall flat with voters
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Trump’s tariffs and his war against Iran caused prices to rise, but the US president continues to claim it’s ‘the greatest economy in history’ Sign up for The Stakes 2026: your weekly guide to the US midterms Donald Trump has taken to repeating a familiar boast: “ We have the greatest economy in history,” Trump said recently at a White House press gaggle.
The boast comes even though inflation is higher and economic growth lower than when Joe Biden left office, even though gas prices have jumped about 50% since the war against Iran started, and even though 73% of Americans think the economy is in fair or poor shape (48% say it’s in poor shape). What’s more, the Federal Reserve is so worried about inflation that it just raised…
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