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Trump's 'A+++++' Economy Collides with the Reality in a ...

President Trump highlighted economic achievements and drug price cuts despite unemployment rising to 4.6%, the highest in four years, and low public approval, polls show.

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President Trump praised the state of the U.S. economy in a primetime address Wednesday evening, even though new government statistics show the nation’s unemployment rate is at a new four-year high of 4.6%. Dean Baker, senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, says Trump’s aides should be “wondering about the man’s sanity” after Wednesday’s speech. “This is utterly divorced from reality.” Though Trump blames former Presiden…

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Alternet broke the news in Washington, United States on Friday, December 19, 2025.
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