Democracy Dies in Darkness

How Trump’s economy is really doing right now

Costs are still up, and Americans say they’re struggling.

President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)
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President Donald Trump has recently been touting economic growth, what he says is low inflation and his tariff policies. “We have quickly gone from the worst numbers on record to the best and strongest numbers, and an economy that is far ahead,” Trump asserted Tuesday in Detroit.

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