Trump made the claim recently at a White House press gaggle. Since then, gas prices have jumped about 50 percent following the start of the war against Iran, and the Federal Reserve raised interest rates because it's worried about inflation. Polling cited in the report shows 73 percent of Americans think the economy is in fair or poor shape, with 48 percent calling it poor outright.
Darrick Hamilton, chief economist for the AFL-CIO, didn't mince words about the disconnect. "It's bluster, it's gaslighting for him to say the economy is the greatest ever," he told the Guardian.
The gap between Trump's rhetoric and what voters are feeling in their grocery bills and utility costs matters. Rising rates and higher gas prices hit household budgets directly, and when nearly three out of four Americans say the economy feels shaky, a president's applause lines about record-breaking prosperity can start to look like a liability rather than a selling point.
So the question going into the midterms isn't whether Trump will keep saying it's the greatest economy ever. It's whether voters who are paying more at the pump believe him.