US President fears economic downturn could affect re-election

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    August 19, 201912:21pm

    Donald Trump is reportedly so worried the US President has secretly called “a number of business leaders and financial executives”.

    Donald Trump has repeatedly downplayed the threat of a recession — but insiders claim the US President is privately “rattled”. That’s according to several anonymous sources, who told The Washington Post Mr Trump was “anxious and apprehensive” and had secretly called “a number of business leaders and financial executives” to probe the economic outlook.According to the publication, while Mr Trump continues to brashly talk down the likelihood of a downturn — claiming the US had “the Biggest, Strongest and Most Powerful Economy in the World” on Twitter just last week — behind closed doors, he’s concerned it could cost him the 2020 election.“He’s rattled,” a Republican source told the Post.“He thinks that all the people that do this economic forecasting are a bunch of establishment weenies — elites who don’t know anything about the real economy and they’re against Trump.”The Trump team are convinced a strong economy will be the key to an election victory — but despite troubling signs of a significant slump, his administration has apparently failed to plan for a recession.

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    Mr Trump has also allegedly claimed he doesn’t believe economic statistics published by the media — or reports from economists and experts — because he thinks the information is untrue, and part of a conspiracy to scupper his re-election chances.

    https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/us-president-fears-economic-downturn-could-affect-reelection/news-story/44174ce6da5578fb06b29ad28426c84c
 
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