The Wall Street Journal Warns Trump He Can’t Blame Biden for ‘Economic Malaise’

Isaac Schorr Sep 10th, 2025, 1:06 pm

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warned in a new editorial that President Donald Trump can’t blame his predecessor, Joe Biden , for the “economic malaise” recent reports indicate the country may be experiencing.

Under the sub-headline, “Blaming Biden and the Federal Reserve for slow growth won’t work forever,” the observed that “President Trump finds vindication wherever he looks. So it’s no surprise that he blamed a big downward revision in job growth announced Tuesday on the Federal Reserve and Joe Biden,” before submitting that “He’d be wiser to see it as a warning about the current fragile labor market.”

After making note of significant downward revisions to jo

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