President Donald Trump made a surprise appearance on Sean Hannity’s radio show Friday afternoon and here are the highlights…
On the economy:
Trump claims on Hannity the stock market would have tanked by 50 percent if the Democrats won in 2016.
— Jason Le Miere (@JasonLeMiere) July 27, 2018
Trump just told Hannity that cutting the trade deficit in half would boost GDP growth by 3 to 4 percentage points and potentially lead to 8 to 9% GDP growth
— Jacob Pramuk (@jacobpramuk) July 27, 2018
On the national debt:
In a rare mention of the $21-trillion National Debt, Pres Trump calls it an "unthinkable" number. He tells Hannity that when expanding economic growth
"really kicks in, we will start paying off that Debt like it's water."— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) July 27, 2018
On the New York Times’ Paul Krugman:
https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/1022939297396256768
On the upcoming midterms:
Trump tells Hannity he'll start campaigning 6-7 days per week starting 60 days from the midterms
— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) July 27, 2018
President Trump tells Sean Hannity he wants to hit the campaign trail for midterm candidate: What I told my people just now…We have to get a group together. Give me the top 25 congress people who can go either way and I want to go out and support those people.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) July 27, 2018
On Russia:
https://twitter.com/amandawgolden/status/1022940124831772673
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https://twitter.com/kathrynw5/status/1022945553477500928
On North Korea:
President Trump tells Sean Hannity he looks forward to taking sanctions off of North Korea in the future then quickly pivots to talking about NATO and pushing allies to pay more in defense.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) July 27, 2018
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