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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Trump is trying to distance himself from bad economic reports as he marks 100 days in office.

At a cabinet meeting today, Trump blamed the economy on his predecessor, former President Biden,

and bears Deepa Chivram as more.

In the months since Trump took office, consumer confidence in the economy has tumbled.

The stock market has taken a roller coaster ride downhill, and the U.S. GDP has contracted.

Trump started the meeting by saying it wasn't his fault.

Probably saw some numbers today. And I have to start up by saying that's Biden. That's not Trump

because we came in on January, just the quarterly numbers. Trump also downplayed the looming effects

of his trade war with China on the cost and availability of goods,

saying that things like children's dolls might cost a couple dollars more.

Trump's cabinet meeting went on for roughly two hours,

which largely consisted of cabinet members complementing the president on his work in the first 100 days of the administration.

Dipa Chivaram and PR News, the White House.

China, meanwhile, released data today

showing its economy is starting to feel the pinch from U.S. tariffs. More from NPR's John Rewitch.

China's new export orders slumped sharply in April. That's according to the government's

Statistics Bureau. A gauge of new orders was at its lowest since China was largely sealed off

from the rest of the world in 2022 during the coronavirus

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