INTERVIEW – STEVE MOORE – – former campaign economic advisor to President Trump, economist at The Heritage Foundation and author of book “Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan to Revive Our Economy” — discussed Trump’s economy and his fight for his Federal Reserve Board nomination.
- TRUMP’S ECONOMY: US economy grows by 3.2% in the first quarter, topping expectations. First-quarter gross domestic product expanded by 3.2%, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said in its initial read of the economy for that period. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected the U.S. economy increased by 2.5% in the first quarter. Gross domestic product for the first quarter was the best start to a year since 2015.
- POLITICO: Dems sweat Trump’s economy: ‘We don’t really have a robust national message right now.’ Anxiety on the left reached new heights last week, with the government reporting that the nation’s economy had grown at an unexpectedly fast pace in the first quarter of the year. While Trump took credit for the surging economy, Democratic presidential contenders were immersing themselves in the Mueller report and debating whether incarcerated felons should be allowed to vote.
- LAST WEEK: STEVE MOORE CLAIMED HE’S BEING KAVANAUGH’D: Embattled Trump Fed pick Stephen Moore complains: ‘They’re pulling a Kavanaugh against me’
