{"id":2520246,"date":"2025-12-11T17:09:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T22:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-flashes-frustration-over-disconnect-on-handling-of-economy\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T17:11:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T22:11:17","slug":"white-house-flashes-frustration-over-disconnect-on-handling-of-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-flashes-frustration-over-disconnect-on-handling-of-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"White House flashes frustration over disconnect on handling of economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-flashes-frustration-over-disconnect-on-handling-of-economy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2520246&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White house has expressed frustration over the gap between public perception and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oil-stays-near-multi-month-lows-on-demand-worries\/\" title=\"Oil stays near multi-month lows on demand worries\">positive economic data<\/a>,despite improvements under President Donald TrumpS administration. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended Trump&#8217;s economic record, stating he inherited a difficult situation from former President Joe biden and is actively working to improve it. Leavitt highlighted falling inflation and gas prices,upcoming tax cuts,and policies supporting American-made products as evidence of progress. However, polling shows only 31% of adults approve of Trump&#8217;s handling of the economy. Trump has been campaigning on the issue of affordability, criticizing Democratic messaging as misleading while emphasizing his efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-steps-onto-2024-campaign-trail-in-trumps-shadow\/\" title=\"... enters 2024 campaign under ...s shadow.\">address economic challenges<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">White House flashes frustration over disconnect on handling of economy<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2441882\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> admitted that it&rsquo;s &ldquo;a point of frustration&rdquo; that public sentiment regarding the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\">economy<\/a> does not reflect positive economic data.<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt forcefully defended President Donald Trump&rsquo;s economic record during Thursday&rsquo;s press briefing, arguing that he inherited an &ldquo;economic mess&rdquo; from former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3915064\/watch-live-white-house-briefing-after-oil-tanker-seized-off-venezuelan-coast\/\">WATCH LIVE: White House briefing after oil tanker seized off Venezuelan coast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3914318\/all-bark-no-bite-trump-work-needed-win-affordability-war\/\">&#8216;All bark, no bite&#8217;: Trump still has &#8216;a ways to go&#8217; before winning affordability war<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3913796\/watch-live-trump-participates-roundtable\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump participates in roundtable<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Every day things are getting better, and they will continue to,&rdquo; Leavitt said. &ldquo;President Trump understands better than any politician in this city the pain that the American consumer has been feeling for years now because of the last administration&rsquo;s policies. You heard him in the great commonwealth of Pennsylvania this past week, campaigning and talking to these voters, saying, &lsquo;I was elected to fix this problem, and I am fixing it.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Only<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-poll-approval-economy-immigration-inflation-crime-9e5bd096964990e040bc4bacd9fcac21\"> 31% of adults<\/a> approved of Trump&rsquo;s handling of the economy, according to new polling from the <em>Associated Press<\/em>-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt argued that Trump&rsquo;s apportioning responsibility concerning the economy to Biden does not mean he &ldquo;is discarding the feelings of the American people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He gets it better than anyone, which is why his entire administration has been focused on the issue of the economy and energy prices since Day One,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt was peppered with similar questions throughout the briefing, particularly after Trump, during this week&rsquo;s rally in Pennsylvania, said, &ldquo;You don&rsquo;t need 37 dolls for your daughter. Two or three is nice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, what the president is saying is that if we want products made right here in America, if we want them to be made from American small businesses, which is a large part of the reason the president has effectively implemented tariffs, then we&rsquo;re going to have better quality products right here in the United States,&rdquo; Leavitt said. &ldquo;Maybe you&rsquo;ll pay $1 or two more, but you will get better quality, and you&rsquo;ll be supporting your fellow Americans by buying American.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She then reiterated the positive <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\/\">inflation<\/a> data and lower <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gas-prices\/\">gas prices<\/a>, previewing <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taxes\/\">tax cuts<\/a> that filers will receive next year thanks to Trump&rsquo;s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So the best is yet to come,&rdquo; Leavitt said. &ldquo;The president is digging our country out of the economic hole that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-rejects-request-from-19-red-states-to-delay-end-of-title-42-at-the-border\/\" title=\"Court Rejects Request From 19 Red States to Delay End of Title 42 at the Border\">previous administration put<\/a> us in, and that&rsquo;s what mixed signals in terms of what that looks like.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Although the White House has been averaging inflation since Trump&rsquo;s inauguration, September&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >annualized consumer price index rose<\/a> by 3%, the same year-on-year rate as last January, when Biden left office. Data related to November will be released next Thursday, following the federal government shutdown, which prevented the Trump administration from reporting figures for October.<\/p>\n<p>September&rsquo;s report revealed that gas prices have decreased by 0.3% compared to the previous September.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Trump made his debut on the 2026 campaign trail in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, to make his case regarding the economy and the cost of living after Democrats made last month&rsquo;s off-year elections about affordability.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3914062\/trump-campaign-2024-double-edged-sword\/\"><strong>TRUMP CAMPAIGNING &lsquo;LIKE IT&rsquo;S 2024&rsquo; COULD BE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD FOR GOP IN MIDTERM ELECTIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump has emphasized that messaging on &ldquo;affordability&rdquo; is a Democratic &ldquo;hoax&rdquo; and &ldquo;con job.&rdquo; However, he pivoted this week to say what he is doing to fix it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Democrats talking about affordability is like&nbsp;Bonnie&nbsp;and Clyde preaching about public safety, and they are really the, truly, the enemy of the working class when they do it,&rdquo; he told the crowd at Mount Airy Casino Resort.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House frustrated by public view vs. economic data<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2520247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25345675722062.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[68669,9168,24305,36586,32127],"class_list":["post-2520246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-economic-management","tag-economy","tag-frustration","tag-government-policy","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25345675722062.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2520246"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520250,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520246\/revisions\/2520250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2520247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2520246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2520246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2520246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}