Trump administration billionaire Howard Lutnick has blasted negativity over the economy, insisting that “nothing bad is happening” as millions of Americans struggle with cost-of-living pressures.
Not long after Lutnick’s extraordinary claim, the president also weighed in on the issue with a frustrated post asking his Truth Social followers: “When will the Fake Polls show that I am doing a great job on the Economy, and much more???”
The comments came as Americans struggle to pay for food, housing, and medical care in an affordability crisis that the president has repeatedly described as a “hoax.”
But speaking on CNBC on Thursday, Lutnick, the billionaire businessman who now serves as Trump’s commerce secretary, insisted that the economy was “doing great” as he lashed out at Federal Rese

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