WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 29: U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on April 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump will travel to Michigan for a 100th Day in Office rally. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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Trump says economy will be ‘okay’ with short-term recession
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In an interview with NBC News, President Donald Trump's said that the economy would be “okay” in the long-term if there were to be a short-term recession.

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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 29: U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on April 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump will travel to Michigan for a 100th Day in Office rally. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - Heavy machinery tears down a section of the East Wing of the White House as construction begins on President Donald Trump's planned ballroom, in Washington, DC, on October 22, 2025. US President Donald Trump held a glitzy dinner October 15, 2025 to thank billionaires and top companies for donating to the new $250 million ballroom he is building at the White House. The guests included representatives from tech firms like Amazon, Apple, Meta, Google, Microsoft and Palantir and defense giant Lockheed Martin, according to US media citing a White House guest list. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 20: Workers demolish the facade of the East Wing of the White House on October 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. The demolition is part of U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to build a ballroom reportedly costing $250 million on the eastern side of the White House. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Lindsey Halligan followed by Jim Trusty, part of former U.S. President Donald Trumps legal team, leave the Paul G. Rogers Federal Building and Courthouse in West Palm Beach, Florida, on September 1, 2022. - An increasingly high-stakes standoff between Donald Trump and federal investigators lands in court, after days of headline-grabbing revelations surrounding highly classified documents seized by the FBI from the former president's Florida home. Trump's lawyers are asking that an outside party -- a "special master" -- be named to reassess the government's screening of sensitive documents to determine if any were "highly personal information" that should be returned or protected by claims of privilege. (Photo by Marco BELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BELLO/AFP via Getty Images)
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George Santos, who was expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives, departs after the sentencing in his criminal corruption charges at Central Islip Federal Courthouse in Central Islip, New York, on April 25, 2025.
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