Trump administration live updates: Trump, NATO leader to meet at White House

President Donald Trump was asked to discuss the massive layoffs at the Department of Education. He said he felt "very badly" but quickly claimed, without evidence, that many of its employees weren't going to work or doing a good job.

"Now, Department of Education, maybe more so than any other place, has a lot of people that can be cut," he said.

He praised Education Secretary Linda McMahon as doing a "very good job."

"We have a dream, the dream is we're going to move the Department of Education, we're going to move education into the states," he said.

A majority of Americans -- 56% -- disapprove of President Donald Trump's handling of the economy, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Forty-four percent of U.S. adults approved of his job on the issue so far.

On tariffs specifically, 61% of respondents expressed disapproval, while just 39% approved.

As was the case during much of the 2024 election cycle, economic concerns are the top issue for most Americans. Forty-two percent of respondents chose it as their No. 1 issue, far more than those who said their top concern was the state of democracy, the federal government, immigration, foreign policy and health care.

The survey was conducted last week, as Trump was going back-and-forth over tariffs on Canada and Mexico, causing the market to suffer one of its worst weeks in recent months.

Rep. Sara Jacobs, a Democrat who represents the San Diego area, told ABC News that she visited the Guantanamo Bay camp last Friday on a bipartisan congressional delegation.

"It was clear that this was entirely for optics and the fact that Donald Trump wanted to be able to say that he was sending immigrants to Guantanamo Bay, with all of its history of human rights abuses and with no actual operational value," Jacobs said on Wednesday morning.

The migrant detention facility cost the taxpayers $16 million, Jacobs claimed.

When she visited the camp there were 41 migrants equally split between low threat and high threat and she said officials briefing members on the ground said at it's current state the camp can only hold up to 225 migrants. The Trump administration initially estimated Guantanamo Bay would hold up to 30,000 migrants.

-ABC News' Luke Barr

The White House is touting the new inflation data out Wednesday morning, which showed consumer prices rose 2.8% last month compared to a year prior -- down from a 3% inflation rate recorded in January.

"Today's CPI report shows inflation is declining and the economy is moving in the right direction under President Trump," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote on X. "Core consumer prices, which is the best measure of inflation, dropped to its lowest level in FOUR years."

"When will they learn to stop doubting President Trump?" Leavitt added after inflation cooled more than economists expected.

Read more about the inflation numbers here.