Obama Has Been Claiming Credit For Trump’s Economy — Trump Marches Out Economist, With Receipts
President Trump’s administration had a blunt response to Barack Obama taking credit for roaring economic numbers.
President Obama has been taking credit for the historically good economic numbers that are occurring under the Trump administration in a series of speeches around the country. At a speech at the University of Illinois, Obama scoffed at claims that some of the greatest economic numbers in American history are occurring under Trump’s administration.
“When you hear how great the economy is doing right now, let’s just remember when this recovery started,” Obama said. “I’m glad it’s continued but when you hear about this economic miracle that’s been going on, when the job numbers come out, monthly job numbers, suddenly Republicans are saying ‘It’s a miracle.’ I have to remind them — actually, those job numbers are the same as they were in 2015 and 2016.”
In response, the Trump administration marched out Kevin Hassett, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, to fact-check Obama’s claim during a Monday press briefing. Hassett said, “One of the hypotheses that’s been floating around about the economy lately is that the strong economy that we are seeing is just a continuation of recent trends. You know, since we are the nerds of the White House, we decided this was a testable hypothesis.”
President Trump’s administration had a blunt response to Barack Obama taking credit for roaring economic numbers.
President Obama has been taking credit for the historically good economic numbers that are occurring under the Trump administration in a series of speeches around the country. At a speech at the University of Illinois, Obama scoffed at claims that some of the greatest economic numbers in American history are occurring under Trump’s administration.
“When you hear how great the economy is doing right now, let’s just remember when this recovery started,” Obama said. “I’m glad it’s continued but when you hear about this economic miracle that’s been going on, when the job numbers come out, monthly job numbers, suddenly Republicans are saying ‘It’s a miracle.’ I have to remind them — actually, those job numbers are the same as they were in 2015 and 2016.”
In response, the Trump administration marched out Kevin Hassett, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, to fact-check Obama’s claim during a Monday press briefing. Hassett said, “One of the hypotheses that’s been floating around about the economy lately is that the strong economy that we are seeing is just a continuation of recent trends. You know, since we are the nerds of the White House, we decided this was a testable hypothesis.”
Of course, Obama chooses his lies carefully. It makes his claim even more laughable.
His cherry picking of data makes it that much easier to prove him a liar. Using a microcosm of data to prove a very broad and encompassing claim is dishonest, an Obama trademark.
