Fox News host Chris Wallace Christopher (Chris) WallaceGOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump comments on transfer of power Trump mocks Biden for calling 'a lid' before 9 a.m. Trump claims Fox anchor Chris Wallace won't ask Biden 'tough questions' at debate MORE challenged President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE’s senior economic adviser Larry Kudlow Larry KudlowMORE on Sunday over the White House official's optimistic view of the economy and accused Kudlow of launching into a “campaign speech.”

Kudlow was responding to a request from Wallace to react to Sen. Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenHillicon Valley: Subpoenas for Facebook, Google and Twitter on the cards | Wray rebuffs mail-in voting conspiracies | Reps. raise mass surveillance concerns On The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline Democratic senators ask inspector general to investigate IRS use of location tracking service MORE’s (D-Mass.) and other 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls' recent criticism of Trump’s economic policies.

Kudlow said he didn’t understand “what planet they’re describing” after Wallace aired a clip of Warren denouncing policies that she said benefit the wealthy and not the middle class or lower class.

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The Trump administration official boasted about the unemployment rate and recent stock market growth before Wallace pushed back, saying, “Let me interrupt your campaign speech.”

“It’s not a campaign speech,” Kudlow retorted. “I’m citing facts and figures, my friend.”

Wallace then pointed to income inequality in America, playing a clip of Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersThe Hill's Campaign Report: Trump faces backlash after not committing to peaceful transition of power Bernie Sanders: 'This is an election between Donald Trump and democracy' The Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump stokes fears over November election outcome MORE (I-Vt.) speaking on the wealth gap during last week’s Democratic debate.

"All I'm saying is this: I don't think there's any question, you would agree, and there are ... there is clearly a stark income inequality in this country," Wallace added.

He then challenged Kudlow to give a 30-second answer on how Trump would reduce the wealth gap between the rich and the poor in the U.S..

“I would simply say this: The economy is strong. The narrative I’m hearing from the other side, it just ain’t so,” Kudlow told Wallace.