President Trump gives a thumbs up during a Make America Great Again rally in Green Bay, Wis., on April 27, 2019. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow May 7 at 6:57 PM Polling consistently shows that, while Americans remain generally skeptical of President Trump’s job performance, they give him good marks on his handling of the economy.
They’re not wrong, mind you. They just don’t really tell the whole story. Here, for example, is that average monthly increase in the number of jobs added to the economy under each president. Trump’s average has been 202,000, while Obama’s was 110,000. So let’s go back to the tweet from Team Trump. They next touted the average unemployment rate under Obama and Trump. Again, it’s true that the average under Obama was 7.4 percent and that Trump’s averaged 4.1 percent.
By telling everbody how great he is as a business man and leader
So the 575 point drop on Wall Street yesterday signals a strong econom
So we are the beneficiaries of the BHO magic wand ? Well you should have him wave it over your fake news operation. Might increase your sales. Fake news.
His fans, and there are millions of voters who are, believe he basically tells the gospel truth about everything, just simplifies it & sometimes exaggerates a little.
A strong economy was not one of the hallmarks of the Obama era. Krugman said the economy would never recover when Trump won. Obama said slow growth was the new normal and questioned what magic wand Trump had. But now Obama gets credit for what Trump and the GOP have done 😂😂😂
Former President Obama is looking at treason coming his way better stay in Kenya
Stop lying to yourself about inherited strong economy. Fake President Obama said to Americans those jobs will never come back to American. We should get use to the new growth numbers of 1.1 percent. I dare you to go fact check that and post it in the shithole paper.
Complete baloney by the WaPo propaganda machine. PRAVDA would be proud
He inherited a strong economy? What planet are you on?
He inherited DEBT, COWARDICE, RISING INFLATION, LOSS of MANUFACTURING JOBS, etc. Shall I go on?
Either there are a lot of angry left brown shirts here that aren't smart enough to understand the concept of yellow journalism that we all learned about in middle school civics class or they simply enjoy the yellow journalism since it's currently cheer leading for their team.
After two years of strong growth and record highs AFTER his tax policies have gone into effect means it's not inherited any longer.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! That's hilarious that you're trying to pretend the 'those jobs aren't coming back/you didn't build it', worst president in history is somehow responsible for today's economic success!!!!! FakeNewsMedia is fekin hilarious!!!
Obama must have been the master of obfuscation then you idiots. Of course Barry was saying all those manufacturing jobs were gone for good. But Trump found the magic wand didn’t he?
Obamacare is your Obama economy. Premiums rising 60% across the board 2013 -2017. HMO, PPO, didn't matter. On the supply side you lowered productivity by increase in input costs. Lowered the demand side by the reduction in disposable income, eaten away by larger premiums.
How he tries to kill it. We're not going to be solvent as a banana republic.
Obama’s economy was the weakest on record with an unprecedented doubling of U.S. debt, record high unemployment and more Americans stuck on welfare & food stamps. WaPo’s effort to hide how horrible the Obama economy was is just more pathetic left-media FakeNews and propaganda.
Y’all see how the left propaganda machine pivots? Disregard the facts and pretend that the current economic boom is all Obama.
So Obama gave Trump the magic wand after all?
rolandsmartin President Obama did this.
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Obama failed Democrat's again
It’s really sad how republicans were so anxious to take over president Obama’s economy and then add trillions to the deficit for no good reason!!!
Sorry, my phone seems to be glitching - I’m reading your headline as: “Strong Economy He INHERITED.” What does it actually say?
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He did not inherited it- he created it- Not Obama.
The operative word in this sentence is INHERITED. POTUS44
Did Obama obscure his magic wand comments? we all know Trump created this economy
Inherited? Are you joking? Every leftist including Obama himself predicted an economic collapse if Trump were elected...just the opposite has occurred in two short years! Fake News
The Obama administration presided over the slowest economic recovery in modern history. Recessions heal themselves if the govt gets out of the way. He couldn’t even get that right. Historically sharp recessions yield sharp recoveries, not with that POTUS.
Oh screw you! Trump didn't INHERIT a strong economy, you lying piece of $!+. He CREATED it. Under 0bama, the recession never really ended. You lying jerks just kept telling us it did. 0bama's economy SUCKED, and if you were AT ALL capable of telling the truth, you'd admit that!
Let's talk about how interest rates were kept low and QE was common during Obama's years. How about those shovel ready jobs incentives?
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Obama did not have a strong economy. Should we believe our very own eyes and our very own wallets and paycheck or a WaPo columnist? that's not a tough choice.
Mr journalist, stop that display of hate, let's give credit to the men, at least on the economy!
With the help of the media and the weak Dems, he had been successful.
What he inherited was a Mess, an 'O'Bummer Mess, a TraitorRat Mess. Compost, quit carrying water for these Worthless TraitorCrats. They did Nothing but Destroy our Economy to begin with. Now, for the Last Four Frigging yrs. they've done Nothing by try to Sabotage any progress.
Absolute FAKENEWS and blatant LIES. Ridiculous.
Trump DID NOT inherit a strong economy. Just the opposite. The economy did not recover until Trump reduced regulations and taxes on everybody. No matter what dems say. Up until Trump fixed the economy, dems said we had to get used to a bad economy.
The American people are smart and understand this economy has nothing to do with Obama. BullshitPeddlers
He never inherited any strong economy
Here's Obama's economic guru, Paul Krugman, saying 3% GDP is impossible, under kensyian economics.
Strange, CNN reported in the summer of 2016 that Obama had the worst economic recovery since WWII. WaPo trying to rewrite history again?
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WAPO hilarity again
If it was so strong, then why did the editorial board predict he would destroy it? MediaBias LiberalHypocrisy Trump2020 MAGA🇺🇸
This is dems political way to take away credit for the economy. First they will say it is horrible and then say it is great because of Obama. If intelligent folks look at what our president did you will he just reversed every bad decision Obama made and the economy is better.
'I only got a loan of a million dollars from my dad!' Narrator: It was a $400 million inheritance to bankrupt a casino. 'I created the best economy in the world!' Narrator: He's riding on the momentum of a 10-year bull market that he called a bubble up through summer 2016.
Do you mean “obscure” it like “obscuring” the daddy cash he inherited?
He inherited? LMFAO - The greatest LIARS of our time are in the Media FakeNews EnemyOfThePeople
What?
What strong economy? Remember Osama said he needed a magic wand to get job's back.
Thank you Obama
WaPo you’re insane
It's called lying. He is quite good at that. TrumpIsAFraud
Bwahahaha okay Washington Post. Keep trying to hide the truth from the American people
Trump is the luckiest loser ever. He inherited $400 million from his father and turned in it into a $1.7 billion loss. He’s inherited a robust economy as potus and managed to get us into a trade war with China and turn our old trade partners against us. Winning!
How about this story: How The Press Tries to Hide the Strong Economy Trump has Created
Riiiight...
Sorry, not buying your story. What has the economy going is confidence, reduced taxes, and freedom. Obama had sent millions of jobs overseas and caused restriction to freedom.
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I blame the complicit press, which has been running interference for Trump since day 1.
Ha! Now that’s funny.
Trump should thank Obama. Obama drove the start of this good economy down the field all the way to the goal line and Trump wants credit for getting the ball into the endzone. It is called gratitude.
Inherited his money from dad, inherited economy from Obama. Screws both up
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