Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo engaged in a stunning display of MAGA gymnastics to blame former President Joe Biden after predicting that a recession is likely under Donald Trump.
The jobs report for the first full month under Donald Trump was released on Friday showing that the US economy added just 151,000 jobs in February, below expectations and the unemployment rate rose to 4.1%. On top that, there still remains economic uncertainty due to Trump’s on again off again tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports.
Yet, Bartiromo said Friday that Biden will own a recession under Trump.
Bartiromo made the comment in a discussion with fellow Fox host Charles Payne after Payne said Wall Street is “looking at three rate cuts this year.”
“If we get three rate cuts by the fed, that means you’re talking about a dire financial situation” Bartiromo said in the clip highlighted by Mediaite. “You’re talking about recession! Three rate cuts– recession!”
“75% of this country, most people are already in a recession. Most people have been in a recession and when they went to the polls in November, they were in a recession,” Payne argued while also suggesting that economic numbers showing a strong economy under the Biden administration were false.
“We’ll see if Joe Biden’s recession shows up,” Bartiromo responded. “It would be Biden’s recession.”
