Trump Struggles to Sell Voters on the Economy
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[0:00] Well, Wes Kosova, he is senior executive editor for Bloomberg News. He's joining us now from
[0:03] Washington to help us things... See things more clearly. Wes, appreciate you being here. So is
[0:09] it all smoke and mirrors? Is it fake news? Kind of make sense of this for
[0:14] us if you can.
[0:16] Well, this is kind of a tough line for the president to be pushing. He was
[0:20] elected largely because people wanted him to help bring down prices. There are a lot of
[0:26] other issues too. Trump ran on a lot of things so you could kinda pick and
[0:29] choose, but the economy really was the kind of the foundation of his election campaign. And
[0:35] now you see this kind of direct line from some of his policies to some of
[0:40] the high prices we're seeing right now. So he's arguing that the economy is really, really
[0:45] good. But all those people who are listening to him speak, including a lot of Republicans,
[0:50] are not experiencing that in their own lives.
[0:53] West, as you've digging into this and looking at polling and and other data, the the
[0:57] line, as you've been indicating, seems to be from the president, don't believe your lion eyes.
[1:01] Is that working? Is this kind o