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And by the way, economists will tell you thats an apples and oranges comparison anyway. so why did the president lie in his tweet when the facts are so easy to see? okay. so heres the chairman of the council of economic advisers. >> from the initial fact to what the president said, i dont know the whole chain of command. but what is true is that its the highest in ten years, and at some point somebody probably conveyed it to him, adding a zero to that, and they shouldnt have done that. >> a top ...

Economists to come out and contradict the boss. trump wrote the gdp is higher than the unemployment rate in years. that is not true. it happened a lot of times. at the briefing, his top economist cleaned it up. >> what is true is that its the highest in ten years and at some point somebody probably conveyed it to him adding a zero. they shouldnt have done that. at least numbers here at the white house and we are grateful. when the press finds mistakes, we are grateful. >> from the white house, t...

Unemployment. so these trends basically look pretty much the same. whats bizarre is that normally i say that presidents get too much credit when the economy is good and too much blame when the economy is bad, but trump is getting credit and obama is getting blamed for what is essentially the same economy. >> okay. thats fair. lets look at the numbers. okay. so lets look at the raw data here. steve, i think this will be helpful. this is from the bureau of labor statistics. here is the averages fr...

Implied, horribly, that the first lady is a prostitute. shes doing things to get stuff. when i think were dealing with projection here, arent we. first ladys approval rating is the highest, really, of the president, of everybody else in politics, of anybody on "the view." shes well liked for a reason, she represents what makes this country great. immigration, yes, people want to come to this country to become americans. and then honor us with embracing the american ideal. what they heat, what th...

Prostitute, shes going things just to get stuff. we are dealing with projection here. the first ladys approval rating is the highest of the presidents of anybody else in politics, of anybody on the view. shes well liked for a reason, she represents what makes this country great. yes, immigration, peep want toye come to this country to bundesligtobecome americans. thats what they hate, what they are going after, and why the president will be reelected. >> its going to happen in 57 days. >> thats ...

Was the result of incorrect information being passed along to the president. >> the history of thought of how errors happen is not something i can engage in. from the initial fact to what the president said, i dont know the whole chain of command. but what is true is that its the highest in ten years and at some point somebody probably conveyed it to him add ago zero to that and they shouldnt have done that. >> so, joe, what is a zero here or there or a tens place here or there? it happened 12 y...

Daily white house press briefing in 19 days. this was the twitter claim, that the quarterly gdp rate was higher than the unemployment rate for the first time in 100 years. while the economy is booming, that is absolutely not the truth. he was all about 90 years. haslett joined sanders in the briefing room trying to clear things up. >> the history and thought of how errors happen is not something that, you know, i can engage in because, like, from the initial fact to what the president said, that...

You thought maybe it would be somebody from fema. and of course, we know this white house has been in touch with fema and governors. but it was this moment i want to play. mark and margaret, i want to come back to you two on this. for everyone, in case you missed it, its a moment you dont see very often in that white house press briefing room. a trump adviser admitting the president got it wrong. >> the history of thought of how errors happen is not something that, you know, i can engage in, bec...

That are outside of the places the that cea, you know, has any purview. and you know, i dont counsel him on that. and at a previous presser, i once said, i dont run the council of twitter advisers and may that be true for all of my stay here. ill go back to the blue shirt in the back. >> thanks, kevin. >> i skipped a row. im sorry, ill come forward. >> a quick question for you on the economic stats that the president put out in a statement today. the president said, the gdp rate is higher than t...

High marks, a ray of optimism for republicans two months before the midterm elections. the president crowed about the economy in a series of tweets today, declaring it so good, perhaps the best in our countrys history. yet he incorrectly stated its exact strength, writing, the gdp rate, 4.2%, is higher than the unemployment rate, 3.9%, for the first time in over 100 years. but kevin hassett, chairman of the white house council of economic advisers, said that wasnt true. >> what is true is that i...