Tag Archives: Kevin Hassett

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump’s senior advisers downplayed fresh economic turbulence Monday as the administration’s escalating trade war deepened a sell-off on Wall Street and renewed fears about the stability of the U.S. economy. “There are a lot of reasons to be extremely bullish about the economy going forward. But for sure, this quarter, there are some blips …

The Hill reports: President Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett said Sunday that it is “scary” working at the White House after two staff members tested positive for COVID-19 last week. “It is scary to go to work,” Hassett told CBS’s Face The Nation. “I think that I’d be a lot safer if I was sitting at home than I would …

The Hill reports: White House chief economic adviser Kevin Hassett said furloughed workers are “better off” because they didn’t have to use vacation days over the holidays due to the government shutdown. Hassett told PBS during an appearance on “NewsHour” that the timing of the shutdown coming during the holidays allowed furloughed workers to avoid having to use vacation days. …

“The history of how errors happen is not something that I can engage in, like from the initial fact to what the president said, I don’t know the whole chain of command. But what is true is that it’s the highest in 10 years, and at some point somebody probably conveyed it to him adding a zero to that, and …