increasingly worried the economy won t look so good come election day. i m joined now by former u.s. congressman barny frank of massachusetts. the white house reporter for npr and charlie sykes is editor and chief of the bulwark. i don t know what he s talking about, the bureau of labor statistics, the congress department run by his friend wilbur ross, where are these phony numbers coming from? well, donald trump always wants to have his own reality, right? and, unfortunately, he knows he owns the economy. this is the strongest card he has for re-election. how else is he going to explain this except there are people plotting against him. don t pay attention to what your eyes are telling you, listen to what i am saying. this is a very dangerous situation for a president of the united states who insists on having his own alternative reality. of course you have the cognitive dissonance. if there is no recession, why is he pressuring the fed for 100 basis point rate cut? why are his staf