 It is possible that he really doesn't know because he's so limited mentally and intellectually that in the end the left and the news media will let him off the hook by saying, well, he's senile. He's a moron. He has no idea what he's talking about. You can't hold him responsible for the state of the economy or for what he says about the economy, certainly, because his brain, she's a broke. She's no good, that brain of his.