Donald Trump has taken to repeating(开始反复做某事) a familiar boast: “We have the greatest economy in history,” Trump said recently at a White House press gaggle(（记者）非正式群访). The boast comes even though inflation is higher and economic growth lower than when Joe Biden left office, even though gas prices have jumped about 50% since the war against Iran started, and even though 73% of Americans think the economy is in fair or poor shape(状况一般或糟糕) (48% say it’s in poor shape). What’s more, the Federal Reserve(美联储（美国中央银行）) is so worried about inflation that it just raised interest rates.
唐纳德·特朗普又开始重复那句熟悉的吹嘘：“我们拥有史上最伟大的经济。”他最近在白宫的一次非正式记者会上这样说。然而，通胀比乔·拜登离任时更高，经济增长却更低；对伊朗开战以来，汽油价格已飙升约50%；73%的美国人认为经济状况一般或糟糕（48%认为糟糕）。更甚的是，美联储对通胀如此担忧，以至于刚刚加息。
“It’s bluster(虚张声势；夸夸其谈), it’s gaslighting(心理操纵；煤气灯效应) for him to say the economy is the greatest ever,” said Darrick Hamilton, chief economist for the AFL-CIO(美国劳工联合会-产业工会联合会), the nation’s main union federation. “The economy is trending down by many measures. A lot of that has been caused by Trump’s unforced errors(自己造成的失误).”
“他说经济是史上最好的，这是虚张声势，是在进行心理操纵，”美国劳工联合会-产业工会联合会（AFL-CIO）首席经济学家达里克·汉密尔顿说。该联合会是美国主要的工会组织。“从许多指标看，经济都在走下坡路。其中很大一部分是特朗普自己造成的失误。”
Hamilton said those errors include Trump’s tariffs(关税) and his war against Iran, both of which have pushed up prices – inflation is running at 3.4%, up from 3.0% when Biden left office. One unfortunate result is that prices have been rising faster than wages, worsening Americans’ affordability(负担能力；可负担性) problems. A New York Times/Siena Poll found that 71% of voters disapprove of(不赞成；不认可) how Trump is handling the cost of living.
汉密尔顿说，这些失误包括特朗普的关税和对伊朗的战争，两者都推高了物价——通胀率为3.4%，高于拜登离任时的3.0%。一个不幸的结果是，物价上涨快于工资，加剧了美国人的负担能力问题。《纽约时报》/锡耶纳学院的民调发现，71%的选民不认可特朗普处理生活成本的方式。