An Oval Office event the White House billed as a “major announcement on the economy” by President Donald Trump turned out to be nothing more than a sycophantic presentation by a partisan television commentator who’d brought charts to the White House touting the economic record of the president’s first term.
Reporters who were summoned to the president’s workspace around 4:15 p.m. and were told Trump would be making a “major announcement” ahead of his only scheduled public appearance of the day, an East Room ceremony to honor Purple Heart recipients.
