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Fox News host begs Trump to ‘acknowledge’ reality: The ‘chaos’ is ‘real’

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AlterNet reports that Fox Business host Stuart Varney warned Republicans that voters are rejecting President Donald Trump’s insistence that the economy is thriving. Varney urged Trump to acknowledge that household distress—at gas pumps, grocery stores, and kitchen tables—is real and to explain any economic successes instead of focusing on subjects such as the Kennedy Center or a triumphal arch.

The warning came amid inflation, gasoline prices above $4.40 a gallon, mortgage rates above 7 percent, and political fallout from Trump’s war with Iran, according to the reporting. An…

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