Trump's team releases economic report, compares him to Reagan and Kennedy

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post



By Heather Long February 21 at 12:02 PM

President Trump’s policies are driving an economic turnaround that puts him in the company of transformative presidents such as John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan, White House economists said Wednesday as they unveiled Trump’s first “Economic Report of the President.”

The White House argues many Americans felt the country was on the wrong track, and Trump is already delivering a decidedly different economic vision that echoes the Reagan era.

In the report, Trump’s team predicts 3 percent growth for years to come, a clear break from Barack Obama’s years in office when growth hovered around 2 percent but short of the 4 percent growth Trump promised while campaigning.

Most independent economists are not nearly as optimistic that Trump’s policies can deliver a decade of higher growth, especially with so many baby boomers retiring and the president’s desire to restrict immigration.



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[global1]

1. Consider The Source - Coming From The White House.....nt

[jmowreader]

2. Uhh...

Reagan’s term was marred by two recessions, eleven tax increases, a huge stock market crash, and the government running out of money on September 15, 1988. Oh yeah, it also say the Mexicans add the word “maquiladora” to their language.

[Javaman]

3. today's ministry of truth's orders. nt

[djacq]

4. Gotta use Orange Clown math

Way Worse than Reagan and Nixon.
Not even a micro sliver like Kennedy or Obama.

44th Place out of 44 Presidents is not First Place;
[link:https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/19/opinion/how-does-trump-stack-up-against-the-best-and-worst-presidents.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region|

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Day after day of a blizzard of propaganda.

[SeattleVet]

6. He *does* have a lot in common with RR

He's also a senile old dotard that doesn't give a crap about anyone but himself and his friends and family members.

Neither of them has a single redeeming human quality, and neither of them deserved to hold this office.

[jaysunb]

7. " Economic turnaround ? "

There seems to be some confusion about the state of the economy inherited by Obama and Trump.

[moose65]

8. My thoughts exactly!

Obama is the one who presided over an economic turnaround! The economy was growing and in great shape when Trump became President; it was in free-fall headed into the sewer when Obama took office. These people have no shame!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

9. So Donald Trump was responsible for a turnaround that begun in 2010?

Well good for him!

[dalton99a]

10. Too modest - I'd say he's more like Washington or Lincoln