On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” White House Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing Peter Navarro responded to a question on why, so far in 2026, we haven’t hit the GDP growth milestones referenced by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and predicted by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick by saying that “we think we’re doing quite well.” And “We’re happy with where we’re going. We need to message this more effectively, because the news is good, but we have trouble, because when we go on the news shows, they want to point out bad things.” But we would have 3% without the “very big drag” of not having a rate cut.