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In reply to the discussion: It's the Obama economy, stupid! [View all]gulliver
(13,180 posts)9. Do both. Of course.
The good parts, the GDP, employment, and stock market trends are Obama's and the American People's. Those trends began with Obama and have tracked exactly as they tracked under Obama. The bad parts are Trump's and are Trump's broken promises to boot. That includes the "Carrier" jobs, coal jobs, steel jobs, and auto manufacturing jobs. That includes the huge losses to farmers and their surrounding rural communities.
A huge number of the very people who voted for Trump can't answer yes the question "are you better off?" For them, Trump's crowing about the economy should be nothing less than an insult.
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His claiming credit for the economy can't help but seem like "just another Trump whopper"
gulliver
May 2019
#25
Which one are we doing? "It's Obama's economy" or "the economy isn't as good as they're saying"
hughee99
May 2019
#7
Agreed. If anything, Trump splurged on the wealthy and debt and set us up for a fall.
gulliver
May 2019
#16
If the trend changed from good to bad, I personally would blame Trump quite a bit.
gulliver
May 2019
#21
I would be curious to see those maginificent unemployment numbers broken down...
Thomas Hurt
May 2019
#29