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You know, this export number is pretty good when you compare it to when we were in the hole. >> you mess around with the statistics and make it look good. last week was jobs week and says the economy is going in the right direction. that was based on a small increase in private sector jobs in june over may. very selective with the statistics. >> other part of the democratic talking point that i gleaned yesterday was that the democrats were going to blame republicans for exporting jobs outside the country while the republicans for the midterm elections will say let's look at the domestic econom...

20 trillion-dollar plus economy. the first time a country has hit that milestone. one of the strongest parts came from that exports, recent trade actions by the trump administration have pushed up prices for some u.s. goods. steel, and aluminum are examples. the export number added 1 percentage point to g.d.p. consumer spending also strong in the second quarter. it's two thirds of our economy. so it certainly moved the needle. this was the first full quarter that investigators could see the effect of the trump administration tax plan. the one voted into place in december of 2017. here's the di...

Be that as it may, we haven't seen a number like this in many a year. to deidra bolton on how big a deal this was, even though the market didn't think it was a big of deal as it could have been. >> maybe other pressures as well, neil. for the 4.1% headline figure, listen, it was a stand-out and even president trump saying after that report, you know what? we can probably hit 3% the rest of the year. by the way, we haven't seen that sustained growth since 2005. so the two strongest parts of the report came from net exports. u.s. trade was strong in the quarter. recent trade actions by the trump...