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Anchor flattens top Trump economist’s claims about Americans

When Power Loses the Argument, It Attacks the MathPamela Brown did something rare on cable news: she treated a White House economic spokesman like an official with a burden of proof, not a ventriloquist for talking points. Kevin Hassett came armed with upbeat averages, selective comparisons to Biden, and a fantasy of national prosperity. Brown kept returning to the part that matters: people are paying more, borrowing costs are higher, and the public says the economy is failing them.The Economy of DenialHassett’s core move was familiar: take aggregate numbers, strip them of lived experience…

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