Economist Stunned By Trump’s Latest Brazen Claims: ‘The Reality Is…’
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Justin Wolfers said he "ran out of fingers and toes" trying "to count the number of lies.”
Economist Justin Wolfers on Thursday voiced his exasperation with President Donald Trump’s repeated false claims about the U.S. economy.
The University of Michigan professor, appearing on Katy Tur’s MS Now show, said “the overwhelming feeling” he had while watching Trump recently was one of simply “trying to count the number of lies.”
“And I ran out of fingers and toes,” he quipped.
Wolfers said Trump “lied and said that prices are coming down,” and “lied when he said prices were at an all-time high under President [Joe] Biden. They’re at an all-time high right now.”
He added that Trump was also incorrect in claiming inflation was low: “Inflation of 2.7% — that’s the number he used — is well above the Fed’s target.”
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