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Lutnick predicted 5% growth. Reality says 2%.

Four months ago Lutnick was confident about explosive GDP growth. Instead we got 2% while Iran war inflation spiked to 3.2%. This is what happens when you staff the economy with true believers in their own hype instead of people who know what they're doing.
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The US GDP has slowed to only 2% in the first quarter of 2026. This comes as Trump's war in Iran has skyrocketed prices and spiked the inflation rate to 3.2%.
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