POTUS says 'very proud' of US being in 'Trump economy', touts 5.6% GDP and low gasoline costs
WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump touted his successful economic record in his term so far, declaring that the US has already entered what he called the “Trump economy”.
In an interview with ‘NBC Nightly News’ anchor Tom Llamas that aired during the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 8, Trump said he was very "proud" of the way the US economy was doing, especially the GDP figures.
When the host asked the US leader, “At what point are we in the Trump economy?”, he replied, “I’d say we’re there now. I’m — I’m very proud of it, 5.6%. You know, we have a GDP of 5.6 despite a shutdown."
Trump says he 'took over a mess in every way' from Biden
Trump also blamed former president Joe Biden and democrats for causing the economic “mess”.
“In the last four days, it’s only four days, the Democrats have not uttered the word ‘affordability’. They’re the ones that caused the problem. I took over a mess in every way,” he added.
During the interview, Trump noted how his opponents are now focused on his ICE crackdown. “If you notice over the last few days, it’s only a few days, but the Democrats have gotten to another subject. I think they’re probably saying dictator or something,” he said.
Trump claims '26 is even gonna be better' for US economics
The 47th president also claimed that his opponents “don’t use the word ‘affordability’ anymore because prices are way down. Gasoline is — I was — I just left Iowa, 1.99 and even 1.85 a gallon, $1.85 a gallon. That’s in Iowa. Many states are cracking $2. Gasoline is way down.”
This year, the US is going to do better than earlier economically, as per Trump.
“I think ’26 is even gonna be better. You know, we have hundreds of billions of dollars pouring into our country,” he told Llamas, before asserting, “Actually trillions — $18 trillion is being invested in our country as we speak. And there are factories and plants and thousands of businesses being built all over the country.”
Trump touts 'removing thousands of criminals'
Further in the interview, Trump was questioned regarding his immigration policies and if he’s planning any changes after pulling out some officers from Minneapolis.
He shared, “Well, the reason we’re pulling out because we’ve done a great job there. You know, we have crime down there despite tremendous blowback from a governor that’s incompetent and from a mayor who’s just — I don’t know what the hell where he comes from.”
Trump was thrashing Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
“But — the numbers — the crime numbers in Minnesota, in Minneapolis in particular, are down 25, 30% because we’ve removed thousands of criminals from the area. These are hardened criminals that came in, many of them — most of them came in through an open border. And — we’ve done a great job,” he added.
