# Trump touts economic wins, chief of staff pushes back on Vanity Fair “hit piece’

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Podcast: [Inside Utah Politics with Lindsay Aerts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-utah-politics-with-lindsay-aerts-7180854)
Published: 2025-12-19T03:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/insideutahpolitics/2400022
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President Donald Trump addressed the nation in prime time, touting wins on the economy, immigration and healthcare. Panelists Adam Gardiner and Rusty Cannon join Lindsay to evaluate some of his claims and assess the president’s standing heading into the all-important 2026 midterms. The president’s chief of staff Susie Wiles, in the meantime, is pushing back on reporting from Vanity Fair that takes a candid, it at times unflattering, look at how the White House is running behind the scenes. Additional References https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2025/united-states-18-trillion-dollars-investments/ https://emersoncollegepolling.com/december-2025-national-poll-trumps-approval-flips-since-start-of-… https://apnorc.org/projects/trumps-approval-rating-slips-on-the-economy-and-immigration/ https://boltsmag.org/whats-on-the-ballot/state-supreme-courts/

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