Trump previewed weak GDP on Truth Social ahead of official data release

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Coosa Steel Corporation on Feb. 19, 2026 in Rome, Georgia.Forty minutes before the federal government revealed that economic growth sharply slowed in the last quarter, President Donald Trump dropped a hint that the incoming data would be weaker."The Democrat Shutdown cost the U.S.A. at least two points in GDP. That's why they are doing it, in mini form, again," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post at 7:50 a.m. ET.At 8:30 a.m., the Commerce Department reported that U.S ...