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White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - In-town pool report #13 - Lid
The WH called a travel/photo lid at 6:04 p.m. Have a good night!
Naomi Lim
@naomitlim
Washington Examiner
Fri. Feb 20, 6:05 PM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2024985787452780617

White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - President Trump Was Right About Everything — Including the Democrat Shutdown Costing Us Growth
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
02/20/26
President Trump Was Right About Everything — Including the Democrat Shutdown Costing Us Growth
“Today’s GDP report showed that President Trump continues to deliver robust private sector-led economic growth with strong consumption and investment. Even with the Democrat Government Shutdown dragging the country down last fall, GDP growth for 2025 smashed the Federal Reserve, Congressional Budget Office, and International Monetary Fund’s ‘expert’ predictions. As President Trump’s proven agenda of tax cuts, deregulation, tariffs, and energy abundance continues taking effect and as trillions in investments continue pouring in, America’s economic comeback is set to only accelerate in 2026.” — White House Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai
President Donald J. Trump was right again: Democrats’ reckless 43-day shutdown deliberately blunted our economic momentum last year and cost the American people meaningful growth. Yet even with Democrats’ self-inflicted economic harm, today’s GDP report shows robust growth in 2025, fueled by surging business investment, private-sector job creation, and strong wage gains that surpassed economists’ expectations — with President Trump’s America First agenda poised to surge even higher in 2026.
For months, the Trump Administration repeatedly warned about the damage the Democrat Shutdown would cause:
Council of Economic Advisers (10/1/25) (https://t.co/gAABK8HXgC) : “CEA analysis indicates that the shutdown may have wide-ranging economic effects that reduce American prospects through lower growth… These effects will intensify the longer the shutdown lasts.”