- Trump had claimed GDP figures set a 100-year record
- Kevin Hassett: ‘What’s true is that it’s the highest in 10 years’
From a White House that coined the term “alternative facts”, admissions are rare and apologies even rarer. But on Monday, the American people were treated to both.
The White House’s chief economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, admitted that Donald Trump had been wrong to claim that GDP growth was higher than the unemployment rate for the first time in 100 years.
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