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By every measure Trump uses to measure himself- Obama is the greatest president in American history
Trump has boasted that the stock market's performance shows that he's a great president. Well, the S&P 500 Index went up 58.24% in Obama's first 28 months in office, more than twice the 21.57% it rose during Trump's first 28 months.
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Presidents don't control stock markets, market is not the economy, etc. Still, once upon a time, Trump used to brag that market gains were a good metric of his success.
Updated chart on how S&P 500 has fared under Trump vs Obama, through comparable periods in their presidencies:
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