Trump Supporters: What metric are you using??

Posted on: February 18, 2020 at 11:49:01 CT

When Trump supporters say the Trump economy is much better than Obama, what metric are you using??

-Trump GDP is in the 2's, after he promised 4 percent and 5 percent. Has not had 1 quarter of 4+ GDP, Obama had several.
-Black Unemployment went from 17 to 7 percent under Obama, and 7 to 6 percent under Trump. Yet Trump supporters want to credit him with low black unemployment. Seriously.
-Stock market went up at a higher percentage under Obama
-Job growth has slowed from Obama to Trump
-Wage growth has slowed

This is despite Trump delivering a huge tax cut and being allowed to spend way more money, more than doubling the deficit that was handed to him from Obama.

So Trump supporters, what metrics are you using that the economy under Trump is so much better?? The reality is Trump supporters don't base their support from facts, it's all off of sentiment. We all know what's behind it too.

Wage growth
https://www.factcheck.org/2019/06/are-wages-rising-or-flat/

stock market
https://fortune.com/2019/11/01/trump-obama-markets-comparison-s-and-p-500-dow-nasdaq-economy/

black unemployment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/26/trumps-outdated-spin-black-unemployment-rate/

GDP
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2020/02/01/trumps-economic-growth-is-slower-than-obamas-last-3-years/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/188185/percent-chance-from-preceding-period-in-real-gdp-in-the-us/

Edited by ivan drago at 11:49:15 on 02/18/20