CHICAGO—Former President Donald Trump says experts have been “wrong about everything” when they predicted his policies could cause negative economic effects.
Trump made that remark Oct. 15 to Bloomberg News’ editor-in-chief, John Micklethwait, during a meeting of the Economic Club of Chicago.
About 600 people gave the former president a standing ovation when he arrived in the Imperial Ballroom of the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park hotel; the audience also stood and applauded at the conclusion of the hourlong interview. In between, the crowd frequently applauded Trump as he sparred with Micklethwait.
Several attendees told The Epoch Times that they respected the Republican presidential nominee for wading into a tough interview in a Democrat-dominated city. It was the site of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, which formally debuted Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s presidential nominee….