Well, here's a start ...
Trump's top economic advisor brags that credit card spending is 'through the roof' -- as serious delinquencies climb and farm bankruptcies jump 46% (May 2026)
... Depending on how you look at it, Americans' record-high spending could be considered good or bad. For White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, it's cause to celebrate.
"The consumer is really, really firing on all cylinders, just like the corporate sector," he told Fox Business News host Maria Bartiromo on "Mornings with Maria." (1)
"Credit card spending is through the roof, [they're] spending more on gasoline ... but they're spending more on everything else, too."
The blowback from Hassett's interview came quickly, from political commentators to social media users.
One X user wrote (3), "Americans are spending more on gas because gas costs $4.54 a gallon. They're putting the rest on credit cards because their savings are gone. Kevin Hassett just accidentally described a debt crisis as a boom."
Jon Favreau from Pod Save America noted that this messaging was so bad, Hassett may as well be a Democratic plant (2).
So is credit card spending really a sign of American prosperity and an improving jobs outlook, as Hassett claims, or is he off the mark? Here's a closer look at the numbers. ...
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Vaccine skeptics shaping policy.
Oh FFS. They're not "skeptics." They're grifting pieces of ignorant s*&^.