Man, Chuck Schumer is one gloomy guy. I honestly don’t know how the Senate minority leader (D-NY) gets out of bed in the morning when his world seems to be permanently shrouded in darkness. One can’t help but think of Eeyore, the pessimistic, monotone donkey from the children's classic, "Winnie-the-Pooh."
Faced with good news, the New Yorker is able to instantly turn it into something sinister, with things lurking in the shadows. That’s exactly what he did Wednesday when speaking about the new GDP numbers, which, as our Nick Arama reported, “shattered expectations.”
But that didn’t bring a smile to Chuck’s face:
And while the Trump administration will try to wave rosy headlines about the Q2 number, today’s GDP number is, in fact, a mirage because some ominous numbers lurk under the hood. Business investment plunged in the second quarter by 3.1%. The fact that business investment plunged so starkly is very troubling.
Amazingly, when discussing numbers that show the economy is growing, he somehow claims that President Trump’s tariffs are “weighing down the US economy”:
It shows that, already, businesses are worried about growing their operations, worried about hiring more workers, worried about trading with their international partners, and worried, in general, about the future. And this number is another data point in a larger pattern. Donald Trump’s tariffs are weighing down the US economy, spiking costs for small businesses and families alike, and if Donald Trump keeps up the chaos, the dangers for the economy will continue to get worse.
Watch:
Chuck Schumer refuses to believe the economy is booming under Trump, calling today's excellent GDP numbers a "mirage".
— Media Research Center (@theMRC) July 30, 2025
Trump's economy is exceeding all expectations, and the Left can't handle it.pic.twitter.com/bpGaXt6Jrc
It’s beyond hypocritical to talk about prices when inflation surged under his party’s leader, former President Joe Biden, and made life in America a whole lot more expensive for everyone. Inflation has actually cooled under Trump, Chuck.
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Arama’s GDP article detailed how CNBC's Joe Kernen mocked the anticipated Democratic reaction to the numbers, and his prediction was 100 percent on target—except that it was Schumer playing the part of Eeyore for the moment, not Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA):
"The left, the people who don't like the president, don't want things to work. Senator Elizabeth Warren will come on and say, 'Inflation is out of control, and the economy is getting killed by what's happening by these tariffs!"
"This 3 percent, with the market at new highs... and really we haven't seen inflation go up. But none of these 'horrible things' have happened. But they still talk like it's happening. It's amazing."
GDP: Up
— Scott Turner (@SecretaryTurner) July 30, 2025
Economy: Booming
Rates: High
Powell: Too Late pic.twitter.com/iU1kumWo5x
I get that it must not be a great time to be Chuck Schumer (or Elizabeth Warren), seeing that your party is in shambles, you’re directionless, and your nemesis is running out of room in his trophy case because he just keeps winning. But to take good news for America and talk about ominous monsters “lurking under the hood” is a really bad look, and shows us yet again why you are in the position you are in.
We should all be glad when there's good news for the country, no matter which party is in power.
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