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Trump adopts familiar mantra on possible recession: fake news

President Trump and his advisers are adopting a familiar mantra when it comes to mounting concerns about the economy: It’s all fake news.

Trump has dismissed concerns over a possible recession and accused the press of manufacturing a crisis and “doing everything they can to crash the economy” so he doesn’t win in 2020.

“I don’t think we’re having a recession. We’re doing tremendously well. Our consumers are rich. I gave a tremendous tax cut, and they’re loaded up with money,” Trump told reporters Sunday evening before returning to the White House from a 10-day stay at his New Jersey golf club.

View the complete article by Morgan Chalfant and Brett Samuels on The Hill website here.

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