Trump's "Government Shutdown Hindered GDP" Claim Questioned Again for Alleged Data Leak

BlockBeats News, February 20th. Today, local time in the United States, Trump posted a message regarding the GDP data that was released 40 minutes before the U.S. GDP data was announced. The article stated, "The shutdown of the Democratic Party government has caused the U.S. GDP to drop by at least 2 percentage points."

40 minutes later, the United States released the GDP data for the fourth quarter of 2025, which was much lower than expected, dropping from 4.4% to 1.4%, a decrease of 300 basis points.

On January 10th, U.S. President Trump posted a chart on his Truth Social platform containing key unpublished U.S. non-farm payroll data, almost a day ahead of the official release, sparking market and public attention.