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Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2025 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":

“We have now close to $10 trillion” in investments. “We’re talking about essentially two months.”

By Louis Jacobson, Madison Czopek • May 8, 2025

Tim Walz
stated on April 6, 2025 an interview:

“Less than half of Americans have $1,000 in savings.”

By Claire Cranford • April 16, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on April 9, 2025 remarks at a White House event:

In 2024, “China made $1 trillion off trade with the United States.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 11, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on April 8, 2025 a speech:

The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.”

By Amy Sherman • April 10, 2025

Brooke Rollins
stated on April 6, 2025 an interview:

“We had an agriculture export deficit that increased from zero when President Trump left to $49 billion” under former President Joe Biden.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 9, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on April 9, 2025 a Truth Social post:

On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.

By Amy Sherman • April 9, 2025

X posts
stated on April 7, 2025 posts on X:

Says Kevin Hassett, National Economic Council director, said on April 7, “Trump is considering a 90-day pause in tariffs for all countries except China.”

By Madison Czopek • April 8, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2025 a speech announcing tariffs:

“Egg prices came down 50%”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2025

Cory Booker
stated on April 1, 2025 a Senate floor speech:

"The consumer confidence in this country has gone way down."

By Louis Jacobson • April 3, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on March 26, 2025 an interview with Newsmax:

“We have automobile plants being built at levels we've never seen … and they're going up fast.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 28, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Elon Musk said “Tesla is finished” and needs “drastic changes immediately.”

By Claire Cranford • March 26, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on March 19, 2025 una publicación en Facebook:

El presidente Donald Trump “firma orden ejecutiva para obligar a los bancos a que les quiten un 10% de dinero” de sus ahorros a los inmigrantes.

By Maria Briceño • March 21, 2025

Karoline Leavitt
stated on March 11, 2025 a White House press briefing:

“Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2025

JD Vance
stated on March 10, 2025 a speech:

“Under the previous administration … the cost of a median-price home in America more than doubled, and that was just in four years.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2025

Rick Scott
stated on March 9, 2025 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

“The number of full-time jobs (was) dropping almost the entire Biden administration.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2025

X posts
stated on March 7, 2025 on social media:

During President Joe Biden’s four years in office, “31% of U.S. job growth” came from public-sector jobs.

By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2025

Tony Evers
stated on December 28, 2024 X, formerly Twitter:

“After 30 years of Wisconsin’s checking account running a deficit, we've ended every fiscal year I've been governor with a positive balance. Today, we have a $4.5 billion positive balance, and a record-high balance in our state savings account."

By Hope Karnopp • January 15, 2025

Bernie Sanders
stated on January 2, 2025 a statement to the media:

H-1B guest workers are “being employed as dog trainers, massage therapists, cooks, and English teachers.”

By Amy Sherman • January 9, 2025

Kathy Hochul
stated on November 19, 2024 a public event:

We’ve created 732,000 jobs since I've been governor.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 26, 2024

Sara Jacobs
stated on December 18, 2024 an X post:

Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2024

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