Credit my candidate for everything positive that happens.
Blame my predescessor/opponent/the scapegoat for everything bad that happens.
Most all politicians practice this. The reality is that most significant events have their biggest impact many years after the event. Examples.
Clinton Trea Sec Rubin destroyed the Mexican economy.
That caused the big increase in immigrants to the US a couple years later.
But the anti-illegal movement didn’t boom until late 2003, which was many years after the event that caused the problem.
Likewise, Reagan tax cuts took effect and immediately created a booming economy that continued 16 years till 2000. There was only a minor hiccup due to GHWB going back on “read my lips”. Can anyone imagine the booming 90s without Reagan tax cuts? No, of course not.
The 90’s boom came after the GOP takeover of Congress, and Greenspan’s easy credit. Nothing at all to do with Clinton.