The president has argued that the economy is "doing very well" and leading the world in recovery. Just last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report, and the news was not encouraging. But a federal stimulus package should both "go big," as Trump tweeted Friday afternoon — contradicting his earlier tweet — and should target investments to ensure that the recovery is reaching everyone. In a fractured and unequal economy like ours, the stock market won't tell us how everyday people are doing. If President Trump was paying attention to those things, he wouldn't have hit the brakes.

Source: CNN October 09, 2020 21:11 UTC