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President Donald Trump, facing a growing backlash over his immigration officers’ behavior, went to Iowa on Tuesday in the hopes of changing the subject. Perhaps his advisers decided the best way forward is to focus on the fundamentals and remind voters of why they re-elected him: the economy!
It was a “hey, look over here” moment, in which Trump largely stayed on script and declared an unambiguous victory, repeated his false claim that grocery prices are down, and generally whinged about how unfair it is that not everyone agrees with him about how great his economy is.
And maybe that’s because this economy makes no sense.
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