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White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - In-town pool report #13 - Lid
The WH called a travel/photo lid at 6:04 p.m. Have a good night!
Naomi Lim
@naomitlim
Washington Examiner
Fri. Feb 20, 6:05 PM 
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2024985787452780617

White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - President Trump Was Right About Everything — Including the Democrat Shutdown Costing Us Growth
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
02/20/26
President Trump Was Right About Everything — Including the Democrat Shutdown Costing Us Growth
“Today’s GDP report showed that President Trump continues to deliver robust private sector-led economic growth with strong consumption and investment. Even with the Democrat Government Shutdown dragging the country down last fall, GDP growth for 2025 smashed the Federal Reserve, Congressional Budget Office, and International Monetary Fund’s ‘expert’ predictions. As President Trump’s proven agenda of tax cuts, deregulation, tariffs, and energy abundance continues taking effect and as trillions in investments continue pouring in, America’s economic comeback is set to only accelerate in 2026.” — White House Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai
President Donald J. Trump was right again: Democrats’ reckless 43-day shutdown deliberately blunted our economic momentum last year and cost the American people meaningful growth. Yet even with Democrats’ self-inflicted economic harm, today’s GDP report shows robust growth in 2025, fueled by surging business investment, private-sector job creation, and strong wage gains that surpassed economists’ expectations — with President Trump’s America First agenda poised to surge even higher in 2026.
For months, the Trump Administration repeatedly warned about the damage the Democrat Shutdown would cause:
Council of Economic Advisers (10/1/25) (https://t.co/gAABK8HXgC) : “CEA analysis indicates that the shutdown may have wide-ranging economic effects that reduce American prospects through lower growth… These effects will intensify the longer the shutdown lasts.”
Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent (10/2/25) (https://t.co/Ud6kkzneCq) : “This isn’t the way to have a discussion, shutting down the government and lowering the GDP… We could see a hit to the GDP, a hit to growth, and a hit to working America.”
The White House (10/3/25) (https://t.co/kVtoDA83Vy) : All 50 States Will See Devastating Economic Hit in Democrat Shutdown
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett (10/5/25) (https://t.co/Mj71dckpwf) : “It’s just commonsense to avoid layoffs like that, to avoid the $15 billion a week that the Council of Economic Advisers says will harm GDP.”
Secretary Bessent (11/9/25) (https://t.co/YrgqzoauaX) : “There are estimates that the economy — economic growth for this quarter — could be cut by as much as half.”
Director Hassett (11/9/25) (https://t.co/s7KumjS5KD) : “Goldman Sachs — they have a top economic team — and they’re estimating that we’ve already knocked about 1.5% off of GDP. I think that number is probably low if we keep going…”
Secretary Bessent (12/16/25) (https://t.co/xEYTe2ricF) : “They were unable to stop President Trump. They tried to stop him in the courts. They tried to stop in the media. Then they went to the extreme — we had the longest government shutdown in history. It was a hit to GDP.”
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