Exactly. We should 100% expect the same inflation narrative to be reused for recession:

In chronological order of what I expect the White House, Treasury, and Fed to say:

By most definitions we are not in a recession.

Our exports agree we are not in a recession.

We are in a recession by most definitions, but it is mild and transitory.

We are in a recession, but it is mild and transitory.

We are in a recession but it is transitory.

We are in a recession, but not a depression.

By most definitions we are not in a depression . . . and so on.