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BumRushDaShow

(168,823 posts) Tue Jan 20, 2026, 06:13 PM Jan 20

Trump blames 'bad public relations people' on not selling economic wins [View all]

Source: Reuters

01/20/26 4:29 PM ET

President Trump on Tuesday acknowledged his administration was having trouble selling his economic wins, at one point saying it could be the result of “bad public relations people.”

“The numbers that we inherited were way up, and now we brought them, almost all of them, way down, way down,” Trump told reporters from the White House briefing room where he made an appearance to mark exactly one year in office.

“I mean… maybe you have bad public relations people, but we’re not getting it across. We inherited high numbers, and we brought them way down,” he continued, appearing to lay the blame on his staff for not selling his agenda effectively to the public.

Trump has struggled with poll numbers when it comes to how Americans are feeling on the economy with stubborn inflation holding steady at 2.7.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5697568-trump-struggles-sell-economic-wins/

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Trump blames 'bad public relations people' on not selling economic wins [View all] BumRushDaShow Jan 20 OP

Leavitt was standing right there. underpants Jan 20 #1

He's going to dump her Red Mountain Jan 20 #15

Check out Wall Street today...LOL NotHardly Jan 20 #20

Dear Goddess, he actually said something truthful! The economy WAS niyad Jan 20 #2

Numbers brought down by trump. I'll start BaronChocula Jan 20 #3

The numbers. They aren't there. C_U_L8R Jan 20 #4

Always someone else's fault, isn't it Donny... Blue Owl Jan 20 #5

who hired those public relations people? rampartd Jan 20 #6

Couldn't have been Trump. He says he hires "only the best people". Mister Ed Jan 21 #26

The best PR campaign in the world couldn't make him look less of an ass. Dave Bowman Jan 20 #7

I am sorry, Dave... OldBaldy1701E Jan 20 #11

Lol! 👍 Dave Bowman Jan 20 #12

What economic wins?............. Lovie777 Jan 20 #8

There are no wins Marthe48 Jan 20 #9

WHAT economic wins??? GiqueCee Jan 20 #10

Seriously! The man's a moron. Even his father Satan is thinking of disowning hime. mdbl Jan 20 #13

Don't you know, he's such a modest guy fujiyamasan Jan 20 #14

I was watching the View and they preempted the show during Mondami's appearance for his remarks kimbutgar Jan 20 #16

Tranlating Trumplish into English BGRD Jan 20 #17

In their defense I'd say . . . Aussie105 Jan 20 #18

Will someone PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Metro135 Jan 20 #19

I remember all this talk about this very thing during the 2024 campaign Polybius Jan 20 #21

There is absolutely no amount of good PR people who can pr this economy on the ground, which is the REAL economy. ancianita Jan 20 #22

Yeah, the GOP always suffers from poor messaging, never from the fact that their policies SUCK. nt eppur_se_muova Jan 21 #23

And from a narcissist... llmart Jan 21 #24

The Sales Force Roy Rolling Jan 21 #25

PR people aren't magicians. Irish_Dem Jan 21 #27

Because you can sell anything if you lie enough, right? bucolic_frolic Jan 21 #28

This depite his cabinet secretaries and press office and media toadies Deminpenn Jan 21 #29