In 2009, when so many of us were protesting the growth of govt, Trump was praising Obama.
Trump was praising Obama because in 2009 public sector jobs were being shed like crazy. Government was absolutely not growing. Government employment growth has been slower under Obama than any president in the last 50 years.
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2015/08/public-and-private-sector-payroll-jobs.html