‘Inflation Is Down And Wages Are Up’: Karoline Leavitt Credits Trump’s Policies For National Economic Wins

At her press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt spoke about recent national economic gains.

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00:00In other news, positive economic reports continue to flood in.

00:03Inflation dropped to 2.1 percent in April.

00:06Personal income increased 0.8 percent in April.

00:09So inflation is down and wages are up.

00:12That's almost triple the expectations and against the doubts of nearly everyone in this

00:16room.

00:17And we also saw the largest monthly decline in the trade deficit on record as a result

00:21of President Trump's very powerful tariffs.

00:24Lastly, the price of eggs has dropped more than 61 percent since President Trump took

00:29office in January.

00:30I remember my very first briefing, I was asked about the cost of eggs.

00:34The reporter tried to insinuate it was this administration's fault, even though he had

00:37only been here for a few days or weeks.

00:40It was a result of the previous administration's terrible policies.

00:43And in record time, this president has fixed that problem that he inherited from Joe Biden.

00:48And now egg prices have dropped 61 percent since this president took office.

00:53There's a lot of good news and I'm sure you have a lot of questions, so let's get to them.