{"id":1051948,"date":"2025-03-13T09:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1051948"},"modified":"2025-03-13T09:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:06:08","slug":"lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession\/","title":{"rendered":"LIES vs. REALITY: Trump\u2019s White House Tries to Spin Their Failures as Americans Brace for a \u201cSerious Trump Recession\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Desperate to cover up for Donald Trump\u2019s unpopular economic agenda, his administration is spewing straight-up lies about <\/em>manufacturing jobs<\/em><\/a> and <\/em>small business confidence.<\/em><\/a> In fact, Trump and his MAGA lackeys should probably start reading the sources they share \u2014 including a recent White House <\/em>press release<\/em><\/a> that cited <\/em>reports<\/em><\/a> showing weakened demand, soaring prices, and fears for the future because of Trump. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luckily for Trump and his team, we brought the receipts:<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIE:<\/strong> <\/strong>Karoline Leavitt recently claimed<\/a> that CEOs backed Donald Trump\u2019s economic agenda  (citing an out-of-date report from before Trump tanked Americans\u2019 401(k)s<\/a>, consumer confidence<\/a>, and job growth).  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

REALITY: <\/strong>The latest data shows businesses are fearful of Trump\u2019s economic agenda \u2014 CEO optimism<\/a> and small business sentiment<\/a> are plummeting to historic lows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIE: <\/strong>Trump claimed his administration has begun to \u201crapidly reverse\u201d a decline in manufacturing jobs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

REALITY:<\/strong> Manufacturing employment remains below every monthly reading<\/a> from 2024, with non-durable goods manufacturing employment falling 51%.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIE: <\/strong>A White House press release claimed Trump\u2019s economic agenda spurred a \u201cmanufacturing turnaround.\u201d  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

REALITY: <\/strong>The reports<\/a> touted<\/a> by the White House actually found that factory activity \u201cbarely expanded in February,\u201d<\/a> new orders plummeted \u201cthe most in nearly five years,\u201d<\/a> and prices skyrocketed \u201cby the highest monthly margin in more than a year.\u201d<\/a> In one of the reports linked<\/a> on the Trump White House website, S&P\u2019s chief business economist even warned sector gains could be \u201cshort lived\u201d<\/a> due to Trump\u2019s economic agenda. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Desperate to cover up for Donald Trump\u2019s unpopular economic agenda, his administration is spewing straight-up lies about manufacturing jobs and small business confidence. In fact, Trump and his MAGA lackeys should probably start reading the sources they share \u2014 including a recent White House press release that cited reports showing weakened demand, soaring prices, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1051948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLIES vs. REALITY: Trump\u2019s White House Tries to Spin Their Failures as Americans Brace for a \u201cSerious Trump Recession\u201d - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-13T13:06:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-13T13:06:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession\/\",\"name\":\"LIES vs. REALITY: Trump\u2019s White House Tries to Spin Their Failures as Americans Brace for a \u201cSerious Trump Recession\u201d - Democrats\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-13T13:06:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-13T13:06:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/00292e8c1694c8322513663ebb5f246f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png\",\"width\":1101,\"height\":483},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"LIES vs. REALITY: Trump\u2019s White House Tries to Spin Their Failures as Americans Brace for a \u201cSerious Trump Recession\u201d\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/\",\"name\":\"Democrats\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/00292e8c1694c8322513663ebb5f246f\",\"name\":\"Adrianna Tomasello\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1caa4627f6a3abd6a1daf936cdbaf4406f86f7fcb6a945d915b685b27e7f9a3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1caa4627f6a3abd6a1daf936cdbaf4406f86f7fcb6a945d915b685b27e7f9a3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Adrianna Tomasello\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/author\/tomaselloa\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"LIES vs. REALITY: Trump\u2019s White House Tries to Spin Their Failures as Americans Brace for a \u201cSerious Trump Recession\u201d - Democrats","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_site_name":"Democrats","article_published_time":"2025-03-13T13:06:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-13T13:06:08+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Adrianna Tomasello","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Adrianna Tomasello","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession\/","url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession\/","name":"LIES vs. REALITY: Trump\u2019s White House Tries to Spin Their Failures as Americans Brace for a \u201cSerious Trump Recession\u201d - Democrats","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024","datePublished":"2025-03-13T13:06:07+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-13T13:06:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/00292e8c1694c8322513663ebb5f246f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png","width":1101,"height":483},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-reality-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-failures-as-americans-brace-for-a-serious-trump-recession\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"LIES vs. REALITY: Trump\u2019s White House Tries to Spin Their Failures as Americans Brace for a \u201cSerious Trump Recession\u201d"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/","name":"Democrats","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/00292e8c1694c8322513663ebb5f246f","name":"Adrianna Tomasello","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1caa4627f6a3abd6a1daf936cdbaf4406f86f7fcb6a945d915b685b27e7f9a3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1caa4627f6a3abd6a1daf936cdbaf4406f86f7fcb6a945d915b685b27e7f9a3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Adrianna Tomasello"},"url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/author\/tomaselloa\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1051948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1051949,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051948\/revisions\/1051949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1051948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1051948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1051948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}