A note from the Trump administration on America’s red-hot, No. 1, super-awesome economy:

Even though President Donald Trump has ushered in an incredible, never-before-seen Golden Age of economic prosperity, some Americans continue to unpatriotically not believe everything we’re telling them about the economy’s awesomeness.

Due to that, the administration feels some tough love is necessary and hereby declares: Lying about the economy will continue until morale improves.

MAGA purists know that believing everything Trump says is sacrosanct. There is no greater way to demonstrate a love of country than accepting Trumpian lies as facts. Now it's time for the rest of America to develop that same kind of unwavering, fact-averse patriotism, so until polls show stronger support for Trump's economy, we will increase our lying at least sevenfold.

Vice President JD Vance demonstrated this tough new policy Dec. 16 by standing in front of actual functioning human beings and saying he would give the current economy a grade of “A .”

He said this on the same day the federal jobs report showed the November unemployment rate rose to 4.6%, its

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