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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Trump’s top financial guru says economy ‘looks amazing’ – despite countless polls saying Americans are worried

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett has insisted the U.S. economy is in “amazing” shape, despite more than three-quarters of Americans expressing deep anxiety over it.

Hassett appeared on CNN’s The Lead Thursday and was confronted with a new poll conducted by the network and SSRS, which reported that 77 percent of respondents said they believed the nation’s financial health was currently either very poor or somewhat poor.

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