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14. MAGA Fox Business host doubts Trump's claim: 'That's a big number, sir'

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 10:52 AM

19 hrs ago

This is a fantasy number

MAGA Fox Business host doubts Trump's claim: 'That's a big number, sir'
— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-02-11T03:30:13Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-kudlow/

Fox Business host Larry Kudlow questioned President Donald Trump after he claimed he could grow the economy by 15% to 20%.

"You know, I've been watching you and everybody else for years, and they say, 3% growth," Trump told Kudlow during a Tuesday interview. "We should grow 15 or 20 percent."

"We should be at 15%," he added.

"Well, 15 is a big number, sir," Kudlow pushed back.

"But Larry, you can do it," Trump insisted. "The problem is every time we used to grow at 15%. And, you know, when we were starting as a country, we were growing. Because we had spirit and we had the right incentives. Today we have a lot of socialism, a lot of communism."

"You may not agree with every number, but you have to love his optimism," Kudlow said before a commercial break.

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Trump Sees 15% Economic Growth [View all] applegrove Tuesday OP

Biden said "um" once and got run out of town for "mental decline" so we can get this idiot instead... unblock Tuesday #1

Anything the Fed does to try and stimulate that level of growth would be catastrophic in the long run. RandySF Tuesday #2

And, They Won't Get To That Number ProfessorGAC Tuesday #4

Only 15% not 500% or 600% or even 1500% nt doc03 Tuesday #3

Eleventy seven gazillion percent!!1! Scrivener7 Tuesday #6

Trump cannot math... Moostache Tuesday #5

There is insufficient labor to make 20% of that number bucolic_frolic Tuesday #7

And he also sees LilElf70 Tuesday #8

The last time the GDP reached 15%: 1943, during the massive WWII buildup. LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #9

Maybe he is gearing up for WW3 newdeal2 Tuesday #13

I belive the technical term is "hallucinates" JHB Tuesday #10

He is the biggest liar ever that US poltical leadership has produced.. He is insane. He is the stupidest POTUS ever, by Celerity Tuesday #11

I saw a live Brontosaurus in my back yard, too. DFW Tuesday #12

MAGA Fox Business host doubts Trump's claim: 'That's a big number, sir' LetMyPeopleVote 19 hrs ago #14

We have a lot of communism? kwolf68 19 hrs ago #15

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