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Demovictory9

(32,475 posts)
Sat Aug 25, 2018, 06:36 PM Aug 2018

Did Trump unleash an economic miracle, or take credit for Obama's work?

These trends didn’t begin with Trump’s election. This is what the unemployment rate has looked like since 2012. If you can detect a sharp break between the Obama and Trump economies, you’ve got a keener eye than I do:

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/vUSyuljM-Zu7JbAUZgjCOp-Y5os=/0x0:1080x966/920x0/filters:focal(0x0:1080x966):format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/12321711/Artboard_2_copy.jpg

Looking at job growth yields a similar picture. Depending on which period you’re talking about, you can argue that job growth since Trump was elected has been a bit slower or a bit faster than in the years preceding him, but it’s all clearly within the same trend.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/8/24/17759940/donald-trump-economy-jobs-growth-obama

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Did Trump unleash an economic miracle, or take credit for Obama's work? (Original Post) Demovictory9 Aug 2018 OP
not only did Trump take credit for Obama's work.....The republicans blamed Obama... irresistable Aug 2018 #1
They did too...nt 2naSalit Aug 2018 #2
+1 Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #3
 

irresistable

(989 posts)
1. not only did Trump take credit for Obama's work.....The republicans blamed Obama...
Sat Aug 25, 2018, 06:43 PM
Aug 2018

for the mess he inherited from Bush.

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