Posted on 11/21/2025 4:43:40 PM PST by JV3MRC
Following the gangbusters’ September jobs report that vastly eclipsed expectations, CNN hacks are now awkwardly doing the Watusi dance to try and explain around why the Trump economy isn’t the disaster they said it was.
The November 20 headline from CNN Business Executive Editor David Goldman, senior economy writer Alicia Wallace, and senior reporter Matt Egan was just chef’s kiss: “Wait, I thought the economy was terrible. What happened?”
The authors gruffed over how “Entering this week, the perception of America’s economy was overwhelmingly negative.” But then, CNN’s apparent hopes to bury Trumponomics once and for all backfired. After the economy pumped 119,000 jobs into the market against expectations of a mere 50,000, “and killer earnings from Nvidia and Walmart – all within the span of about 18 hours –” the authors were left questioning, “is it possible the economy is better than anyone thought?”
These three stooges of CNN’s economic coverage, who are all on record spewing out some of the dumbest crapola to smear Trump’s economic agenda this past year, could only bring themselves to eke out a worthless “It’s complicated” as their excuse.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
In before the “petty” gaslight comes.
It’s not just the Left. A bunch of FReepers also think Trump’s doing a bad job with the economy. Honestly, there’s no president I trust MORE than Trump to fix what ails the economy. But after four years of runaway Bidenomics, it’s going to take time to straighten out.
Anyone as in anyone I know.
I think viewership and ratings would drastically rise if they tried this radical concept:
Just report the news.
What has Paul Krugman have to say? We all know he’s an economic genius. s/
With an annual $2T deficit without spending cuts, we are not getting out of the woods yet. DOGE gave me hope.
Yep - don’t tell that “petty” dude....
Wait, I thought the economy was terrible.
You didn’t read the numbers right Trump nods.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.