Facts Matter - 02/07/20 12:08 AM
Trump deserves credit in some areas. I've always said that - recently I've seen posters once again lavish praise on Trump while remaining wholly ignorant of how Obama was outperforming Trump in some of these same areas where Trump deserves credit.
Here's two examples: Jobs and Economy.
During Trump's first 35 months in office, the US economy has gained 6.69 million jobs. But during a comparable 35-month period at the end of Obama's tenure, employers added 7.96 million jobs, or 19%, more than what has been added since Trump took office.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/economy/trump-obama-jobs-comparison/index.html
Using the same GDP metric of consumer spending plus business investment adjusted for inventory changes, Obama’s last three years in office had growth rates of at least 2.17% and as high as 3.06%.
For Trump the high point was 2.83% in 2018 when the tax cut seems to have had the largest impact and even fell short of Obama’s 2014 and 2015 growth rates of 3.06% and 3.05%, respectively.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/...s/#5e57fc624fed
Here's two examples: Jobs and Economy.
During Trump's first 35 months in office, the US economy has gained 6.69 million jobs. But during a comparable 35-month period at the end of Obama's tenure, employers added 7.96 million jobs, or 19%, more than what has been added since Trump took office.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/economy/trump-obama-jobs-comparison/index.html
Using the same GDP metric of consumer spending plus business investment adjusted for inventory changes, Obama’s last three years in office had growth rates of at least 2.17% and as high as 3.06%.
For Trump the high point was 2.83% in 2018 when the tax cut seems to have had the largest impact and even fell short of Obama’s 2014 and 2015 growth rates of 3.06% and 3.05%, respectively.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/...s/#5e57fc624fed