... Trump claimed at the White House that lowering rates by 2 percentage
points would save the U.S. $600 billion per year, “but we can’t get this
guy to do it.” “We’re
going to spend $600 billion a year, $600 billion because of one
numbskull that sits here [and says] ‘I don’t see enough reason to cut
the rates now,’” Trump said. ...
Trump’s insult came hours after the Labor Department reported that U.S. producer prices rose less in May than some economists anticipated. ...
... “I’ve just been told that I’ve been uninvited from the picnic; I
think I’m the first senator in the history of the United States to be
uninvited to the White House picnic,” Paul told reporters. “The White
House is owned by the taxpayers, we are all members of it, every
Democrat will be invited, every Republican will be invited, but I will
be the only one disallowed to come on the grounds of the White House.” ...
