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President Trump (12/29/25) (https://t.co/yqkX3yzgry) : “Had the shutdown not occurred, we would’ve had an extra point and a quarter.”
President Trump (1/13/26) (https://t.co/CHeKuTOUNf) : “That’s despite the Democrat Shutdown, where we lost at least one-and-a-half points.”
President Trump (1/29/26) (https://t.co/sUECJZyu1W) : “Without the shutdown, we would have picked up about a point and a half more…”
President Trump (2/2/26) (https://t.co/5XxvVG4fFW) : “We lost a point and a half because of the 43-day shutdown.”
President Trump (2/8/26) (https://t.co/jTgqp8EDhG) : We had a [43-day] shutdown. I call it the ‘Democrat Shutdown,’ and because of that, I lost a point-and-a-half.”
It wasn’t just the Trump Administration sounding the alarm. Outside economists and other voices confirmed the Democrat Shutdown’s toll on growth:
CNN’s Matt Egan (9/29/25) (https://t.co/1x8T8LAaKo.) : “The rule of thumb is that each week of a government shutdown trims about 0.2 percentage points from gross domestic product (GDP) – or economic growth.”
Congressional Budget Office (10/29/25) (https://t.co/PHxqRJ7cdr.) : “The agency estimates that real gross domestic product (GDP), which has been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation, will be lower in the fourth quarter of 2025 than it would have been in the absence of a shutdown. Depending on its length, the government shutdown will reduce annualized real GDP growth in that quarter by 1.0 to 2.0 percentage points.”
Goldman Sachs (11/2/25) (https://t.co/JBgnDHGlNY) : “Assuming the shutdown lasts roughly six weeks, we expect it to reduce quarter-on-quarter annualized real GDP growth in 4Q2025 by 1.15pp…”
EY-Parthenon (11/7/25) (https://t.co/AaTDZsxfRV.) : “If it extends for two months — with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit disruptions and air-travel reductions — the cumulative drag could reach 1.8–2.0ppt, a material hit even after partial recovery once operations resume.”
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Distributed on February 20th, 2026.
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2024974921776972191

White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - In-town pool report #12 - Lunch lid
The WH called a lunch lid until 4 p.m.