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In 100 days, Donald Trump has <\/em>skyrocketed prices<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>cut job creation in half<\/em><\/a>, and <\/em>made businesses fear bankruptcy<\/em><\/a>. Today, Karoline Leavitt made a <\/em>desperate attempt<\/em><\/a> to spin Trump\u2019s expensive and unpopular agenda, but the reality is Trump is steering the economy toward <\/em>recession<\/em><\/a> \u2014 and everybody knows it. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

LIE:<\/strong> <\/strong>Karoline Leavitt tried to brag about job creation under Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FACT: <\/strong>But the latest data shows<\/a> that job growth has slowed dramatically on Trump\u2019s watch and is now 49% lower than the monthly average of the last four years.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIE:<\/strong> <\/strong>Leavitt said prices were lower \u201cacross the board.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FACT: <\/strong>Thanks to Trump\u2019s reckless agenda, grocery<\/a> and electricity<\/a> prices are at record highs<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIE:<\/strong> <\/strong>Leavitt claimed Trump was helping small businesses and that American companies were \u201cbullish\u201d on America under Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FACT: <\/strong>But under Trump, business activity slowed to a 16-month low<\/a>, while small businesses became the most pessimistic<\/a> since 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIE:<\/strong> <\/strong>Leavitt claimed gas prices were down 7%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FACT: <\/strong>A gallon of gas today is not only not down 7%, but Trump\u2019s reckless agenda is actually threatening to push energy prices higher<\/a> across the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIE:<\/strong> <\/strong>Leavitt insisted that wholesale egg prices were falling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FACT: <\/strong>Retail eggs prices remain at historic highs<\/a>, climbing 60% higher<\/a> than a year ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 100 days, Donald Trump has skyrocketed prices, cut job creation in half, and made businesses fear bankruptcy. Today, Karoline Leavitt made a desperate attempt to spin Trump\u2019s expensive and unpopular agenda, but the reality is Trump is steering the economy toward recession \u2014 and everybody knows it.  Luckily for Trump and his team, we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"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-1052615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLIES vs. FACTS: Trump\u2019s White House Tries to Spin Their Chaotic and Crashing Economy\u00a0 - 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-facts-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-chaotic-and-crashing-economy\/\" \/>\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=\"2025-04-29T16:44:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-29T16:44:57+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=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shelby Reese\" \/>\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-facts-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-chaotic-and-crashing-economy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/lies-vs-facts-trumps-white-house-tries-to-spin-their-chaotic-and-crashing-economy\/\",\"name\":\"LIES vs. FACTS: Trump\u2019s White House Tries to Spin Their Chaotic and Crashing Economy\u00a0 - 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