(Delaying ceremony for Purple Heart recipients) President Trump promoted his own version of reality in the Oval Office [View all]
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Still Fuming Over a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Finds Some Numbers He Likes
Reporters were already gathered nearby for an event honoring Purple Heart recipients that was supposed to start any minute. But that event would have to wait. The president wanted the media to see these charts first.
Enter Mr. Moore.
He picked up his favorite of the charts, the one that showed income on the rise.
He held it up in front of his chest and turned to the photographers, so they could take his picture with the latest, more flattering figures.
“This chart is pretty amazing, right here,” he said. “All new numbers.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/politics/trump-new-economic-numbers.html
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3 days ago - Stephen Moore
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