Posted on 08/13/2018 6:16:03 AM PDT by IBD editorial writer
Growth: The stronger the economy gets under President Trump, the more desperate his critics are to hand credit over to Obama. Even if that entails changing the past.
A recent New York Times story says it all: "An Economic Upturn Begun Under Obama Is Now Trump's To Tout."
The article begins by admitting that "by nearly every standard measure, the American economy is doing well," then spends the next 1,400 words arguing that the current good times have nothing to do with Trump's economic agenda.
The economy, reporter Patricia Cohen declares, "is following the upward trajectory begun under President Barack Obama."
Upward trajectory?
We seem to recall that the economy was stagnating in 2016 after the weakest recovery from a recession since the Great Depression.
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SMH when I hear the libs parrot this line. Yeah, sure, 8 years of slog, Trump gets in and the economy takes off like hockey stick. SURE, that was all done by 0bama, a natural result of his growth policies.
Bkmk
Yeah. It took Obama 8 years to get everything just right for Hillary, and Trump and the Russians stole that away from her.............
This is an excellent comparison of the two economies:
h/t Dan Bongino Show
Its like the football coach of your favorite team who starts winning. Everyone gives credit to the previous losing/mediocre coach. (Sarcasm)
Oh yes, and I recall the drive bys talking about how the 2012 economic malaise was still to be blamed on GWB and certainly not the spoiled teenager that was given the keys to the sportscar and the liquor cabinet while the parents were away.
Same with clinton balancing the budget which of course never happened.
Evan Idi Obama admitted that jobs were gone and never to return. Trump’s “Magic Wand” has been waved!
Evan = even
The economy began to rebound as soon as Trump won the election, as companies were waiting to see in which direction the Government would be heading.
Technically, Obama was still president, but he was a lame duck and unable to affect policy.
It is intellectually dishonest to give credit for this to Obama.
Obama has an 86 IQ and is afraid of an interest rate. Thinks it’s racist.
The fact that anyone with a pulse thinks that moron had any idea what he was doing as President says more about them.
Since when does the lying Marxist fake news media give a damn about the truth?
I’ll give that some credence in tthat Obama’s repressive economics dampened activity, and some of the Trump rebound is due to pent up demand & such.
OTOH, the artificially low interest rates, QE’s and massive debt are big overhangs.
“....It is intellectually dishonest to give credit for this to Obama....”
It is intellectually dishonest to give credit of anything positive for the country to Obama. Everything the liar touched was destroyed....
Everything about the ineligible, faggy twit was a lie...including his fake economy.
Trump has pretty much destroyed their holy messiah’s legacy.....and they’ll lie thru their teeth to the People in an effort to try and save the foreign POS.
As more industry returns to the USA the economy will only get better and better. More tariffs please!
“What’s he gonna do, wave a magic wand?”
Obama Blamed everything Bad on Bush and now Claims everything Good Trump has done as his ,LOL
The Left is using it again to claim Trump didn't build this economy. Obama did.
The claim was phony then and it is phony now.
The economy is firing on all cylinders now because of Trump's "magic wand" policies, not Obama's.
Nobody’s going to buy it. We all remember the dire predictions about economic collapse if Trump became president. We remember the wailing and moaning about the tax cut and deregulation. The American people aren’t going to buy the revisionist spin here. Its hilarious how desperate the MSM is.
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