Trump Is Ready to Fudge Our Economic Statistics—to Protect DOGE

George Jiglea

The Trump administration might exclude government spending from gross domestic product reports to cover up upcoming poor economic reports, and to hide the true scope of Department of Government Efficiency cuts. In an interview on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures over the weekend, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was asked whether the massive cuts spurred by Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative could have a negative impact on the economy. Lutnick’s response was to cast doubt on GDP reports and announce

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