tariff impacts<\/a> with a positive spin, but McCallum\u2019s interview with Hassett revealed some inconsistencies.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2249837298.jpg\"\/)
What To Know<\/p>\n
McCallum asked Hassett several questions about America\u2019s economy today, including layoff numbers.<\/p>\n
\u201cYear-to-date job cuts show an increase of 54 percent,\u201d McCallum said. \u201cThat seems like a troubling number. What\u2019s your take on it?\u201d<\/p>\n
Hassett replied: “Don\u2019t forget that there\u2019s hires and there\u2019s fires, there\u2019s separations and new jobs, and so net job creation for the year is very positive. But the flow of jobs in and out is a little bit higher, there\u2019s a little bit more turnover. A lot of times that happens because people feel that they\u2019re able to get another job if they leave this job.\u201d<\/p>\n
McCallum also questioned Trump\u2019s advisor about a Fox News poll that revealed 76 percent of respondents said the economy was \u201conly fair\u201d or \u201cpoor.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then, when we have \u2018Who is responsible for current economic conditions, President Trump or President Biden?\u2019 We have Trump at 62 percent.\u2026 What would you say to people who are answering the survey that way, Kevin?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the things that we\u2019ve seen, we\u2019ve studied over the last couple of weeks, is that when there\u2019s a government shutdown \u2026 the survey data tend[s] to really tank because everyone is in a terrible mood, because Washington can\u2019t work and the government\u2019s shut down, and they\u2019re worried about how bad it\u2019s going to be,\u201d Hassett said.<\/p>\n
Newsweek reached out to the White House and Fox News for comment.<\/p>\n
What People Are Saying<\/p>\n
Kevin Thompson, the CEO of 9i Capital Group and the host of the 9innings podcast, told Newsweek: <\/strong>\u201cThe host called out the official for mixing up real and nominal wage growth and that matters. Paychecks might be bigger on paper, but after the inflation hits from 2022 and 2023, people aren\u2019t really ahead.<\/p>\n\u201cA little surprising coming from Fox, sure. But it hits home for viewers who don\u2019t need data to tell them what they already feel their money just isn\u2019t going as far.\u201d<\/p>\n
What Happens Next<\/p>\n
Some Americans have been frustrated by higher prices due to tariffs implemented by the Trump administration and greater economic uncertainty.<\/p>\n
Approval ratings of the president were at -3 percentage points, with 44 percent of respondents approving and 47 percent disapproving, based on I&I\/TIPP polling. This is an improvement from last month when, with 41 percent approving and 49 percent disapproving, Trump had a net approval rating of -8 percentage points.<\/p>\n
The poll of 1,483 adults was conducted between November 25 and 29 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Fox News host corrected President Donald Trump\u2019s economic advisor Kevin Hassett in a live interview on Thursday.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":425155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[64,79,654,266,420,277,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-425154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-fox-news","11":"tag-inflation","12":"tag-jobs","13":"tag-trump","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115663898401557826","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}