{"id":199757,"date":"2026-02-09T09:12:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T09:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-accepts-ownership-of-the-current-economy-im-very-proud-of-it-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T09:12:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T09:12:28","slug":"trump-accepts-ownership-of-the-current-economy-im-very-proud-of-it-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-accepts-ownership-of-the-current-economy-im-very-proud-of-it-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump accepts ownership of the current economy: 'I'm very proud of it' – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Donald Trump says it\u2019s his economy now.
In an interview with \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d anchor Tom Llamas that aired during the Super Bowl on Sunday, the 47th president said the country is already experiencing the Trump economy.
\u201cAt what point are we in the Trump economy?\u201d Llamas asked.
\u201cI\u2019d say we\u2019re there now,\u201d he replied. \u201cI\u2019m very proud of it.\u201d
His remarks come at a time when most Americans tell pollsters they are not satisfied with the state of the economy and as Trump executes a barnstorming strategy to bring his economic message to political battlegrounds before the November midterms.
An NPR\/Marist\/PBS News survey<\/a> released last week showed that 36% of adults say they approve of Trump\u2019s handling of the economy, while 59% disapprove. In off-year elections last November, Democrats in Virginia, New Jersey and New York hammered away at \u201caffordability\u201d<\/a> on their way to victory.
In the interview, which was taped Wednesday in the Oval Office, Trump said the economy is doing so well that Democrats are abandoning that message \u2014 and also blamed his predecessor, President Joe Biden, for stubbornly high prices on some staples.
\u201cIn the last four days, it\u2019s only four days, the Democrats have not uttered the word \u2018affordability,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re the ones that caused the problem. I took over a mess in every way.\u201d
Using figures that are not backed up by the administration\u2019s own data, Trump claimed that the gross domestic product has grown by 5.6% on his watch. According to the Labor Department, the economy grew at a strong annualized rate of 4.4% in the third quarter of 2025. It has not grown at more than 5% in any quarter since 2021, when the U.S. was recovering from the Covid pandemic.
The country\u2019s economic output also contracted in the first quarter of 2025, in part due to anticipated trade and tariff policies that Trump later unveiled in April, affecting the global economy.
The Labor Department has not released its data for last year\u2019s fourth quarter due to a government shutdown. Though most estimates of the quarter\u2019s growth are much lower, the president was referring to the Atlanta Fed\u2019s projection, which has ranged as high as 5.4%, according to a White House official.
\u201cI think \u201926 is even gonna be better,\u201d Trump told Llamas. \u201cYou know, we have hundreds of billions of dollars pouring into our country. Actually trillions \u2014 $18 trillion is being invested in our country as we speak. And there are factories and plants and thousands of businesses being built all over the country.\u201d
While Trump has secured foreign investments \u2014\u00a0and promises of investments \u2014 in the U.S., even the White House website gives a figure of $9.6 trillion, a little more than half the sum he cited. And reviews of that figure<\/a> have concluded it is inflated.
Llamas asked whether foreign companies\u2019 plants and factories would open in the U.S. during Trump\u2019s term, which expires Jan. 20, 2029.
\u201cOh, yeah,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThey\u2019ll be opening up over the next year, year and a half, yeah.\u201d
In May, Trump told NBC News\u2019 \u201cMeet the Press\u201d<\/a> that the \u201cgood parts\u201d of the economy were his, while the \u201cbad parts\u201d belonged to Biden.
Jonathan Allen is a senior national politics reporter for NBC News.
© 2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n

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