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Gavin Newsom: “GDP is now declined under the Trump administration.”

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Published February 20, 2026 | Video Starts at 15:26

And I'll end on this because this is important. It was a coercive policy that has produced what result you saw GDP growth in the fourth quarter. GDP is now declined under the Trump administration. Unemployment has gone up under the Trump administration. Manufacturing jobs have gone down under the Trump administration. His entire theory of the case is falling apart. (15:26–15:30)

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