US economy grows at 3% in Q2, rebounding from first pullback in 3 years

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7. That's not how it works.

They aren't """confirming the numbers""" -- they are just reporting them. These outlets aren't going through and running the calculations to back up what the Trump administration claims. As you said yourself, they were predicting 1.5% to 2.0% -- but the Trump administration said it was 3.0%, and that is what they reported.

Given the outright lying that Trump and his administration were known for BEFORE he and his MAGAt buddies went through and cleaned house of all non-Trump loyalists they could find, it shouldn't come as a surprise that people are suspicious of these numbers. But ultimately, it doesn't matter, because the people themselves will decide whether they are happy with the Trump economy, and all signs point to the fact that they are NOT happy -- justifiably so, I would say.