https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/us-news/trump-slams-fake-polls-on-economy-says-americans-are-living-through-the-greatest-economy-ever/4039527/
President Donald Trump dismissed concerns that Americans are worried about the economy. In a tense exchange with Fox News Channel’s Laura Ingraham that aired Monday night, Trump bristled at the notion that Americans are anxious about the economy.
“I don’t know that they are saying that,” Trump said in his Fox interview when Ingraham asked why people were concerned about economic conditions. “I think the polls are fake. We have the greatest economy we’ve ever had.”
Trump credited the strength of the economy to renewed investment and enthusiasm for his presidency. “MAGA was my idea,” he explained on Fox News. “I know what MAGA wants better than anybody else, and MAGA wants to see our country thrive.”
The president also sparred with Ingraham over his administration’s policy on foreign students, defending the continued presence of 600,000 Chinese students in the US. “You don’t want to cut half the people, half the students from all over the world that are coming into our country, destroy our entire university and college system,” Trump added on Fox News. “I don’t want to do that.”
The president also commented on the ongoing government shutdown and housing policy, brushing aside worries about 50-year mortgages. “It’s not even a big deal,” Trump said. “All it means is you pay less per month, you pay over a longer period of time. It’s not like a big factor. It might help a little bit.”
When asked how Republicans could help voters feel better about the economy amid Democratic gains in recent state elections, Trump replied, “More than anything else, it’s a con job by the Democrats.”