Presidential candidates grapple over who’s best on the economy. Issue takes center stage at Chesapeake rally. [Video]

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The economy is always the most defining issue in a presidential election 

During the Trump rally in Chesapeake Friday, there was big talk about the economy, joining accusations on which candidate is best.

“Our economy will be roaring back,” belted former President Donald Trump to the cheering crowd at Greenbrier Historic Farms.

In a Gallup survey last month,  about seven in 10 Americans believe the economy is “getting worse.” Only 26 percent say it is getting better.

During the rally, Governor Glenn Youngkin took the stage and advantage of that perception. “The Trump economy had high growth and low inflation and the Biden economy has low growth and high inflation.”

That is not entirely true, according to economists. Inflation under the Trump administration was low. But that was before the pandemic ushered in labor …