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Article snippet: MORE is doubling down on his bet that a strong economy is a key factor in his reelection effort next year. The White House has held a series of events and interviews for Trump this week that are intended to show off his record. The president met Thursday with CEOs at the Business Roundtable, one day after he extolled his dealmaking prowess to a group of workers at a factory in Lima, Ohio. He also sat down for an interview with Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo. Trump hasn’t been able to completely stay on message. In Lima, he blasted the deceased Sen. MORE (R-Ariz.), detracting from the economic message his administration has clearly sought to lay out during a week where the Congress is on recess. But in general, the White House has spent the week painting the picture of an economy being rewarded by Trump’s policies. And Trump has telegraphed the message he wants to deliver in 2020: that no matter who you are, you’re in a better place than you were four years ago. “It's going to be really easy on the debate stage when they hit me with nonsense and I say, 'Really? But African-American unemployment — the best it's ever been,’” he said in Lima. “Hispanic, Asian, women, everybody — it’s all the best it’s ever been.” “How do you top that in a debate?” he said. “What are they going to say?” White House officials regularly compare their own metrics favorably to the Obama administration. Trump this week cited a CNN survey that showed 71 percent of respondents feel t... Link to the full article to read more