Donald Trump called the economy 'a mess' and the unemployment rate 'a hoax'—then a miracle occurred

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" According to Donald Trump, what President Obama handed over to him was …

"As you know, our administration inherited many problems across government and across the economy," he told the assembled reporters. "To be honest, I inherited a mess. It's a mess.”

Yes. A record 75 consecutive months of job growth leading to a 4.7 percent unemployment rate, a stock market up 150 percent and still rising. Corporate profits at an all time high. And for the first time in almost forty years, middle-class incomes actually on the rise. A mess. The funny thing is, now that his name on on the mailbox, Trump has discovered that this “mess” is just beautiful.

While Donald Trump accuses his predecessor of wiretapping his office and prods Congress to eviscerate his signature domestic achievement, he also demands credit for Obama administration victories that he had nothing or little to do with.


Trump is now anxious to not only claim the 76th and 77th month of the Obama Recovery as his own, he’s suddenly decided that the unemployment numbers and job growth figures that he called “a hoax” during the campaign are now perfect.

Claiming credit for work other people did is the Trump way.

President Trump claimed undue credit for ExxonMobil’s investment announcement — the latest example of the new president’s now-predictable formula: A company announces a U.S. jobs plan that predates Trump’s presidency. The company gives a nod to Trump’s anti-regulation policies. Trump then takes credit for bringing jobs back to the United States. Repeat.


Donald Trump didn’t stop with tweeting his praise of the February jobs report. He also claimed January, even though the data from that month came almost exclusively before he took office.

But then, Trump has already claimed credit not just for Exxon jobs, but jobs at Ford, Fiat Chrysler, General Motors, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Softbank, Sprint and Alibaba http://… none of which had a thing to do with Trump.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/03/10/1642150/-Donald-Trump-called-the-economy-a-mess-and-the-unemployment-rate-a-hoax-then-a-miracle-occurred
 

Hijinx

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Yup...the guy is a putz. Not that any of the lunkheads on here would notice or even understand.

Putz

a stupid or worthless person.
verb
1.
engage in inconsequential or unproductive activity.

Sounds like a self description for you and you boyfriend NHboy to me.
 

GURPS

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Obama Drops His Name Into the Other Presidential Biographies


Many of President Obama’s fervent devotees are young enough not to have much memory of the political world before the arrival of The One. Coincidentally, Obama himself feels the same way—and the White House’s official website reflects that.

The Heritage Foundation’s Rory Cooper tweeted that Obama had casually dropped his own name into Ronald Reagan’s official biography on www.whitehouse.gov, claiming credit for taking up the mantle of Reagan’s tax reform advocacy with his “Buffett Rule” gimmick. My first thought was, he must be joking. But he wasn’t—it turns out Obama has added bullet points bragging about his own accomplishments to the biographical sketches of every single U.S. president since Calvin Coolidge (except, for some reason, Gerald Ford). Here are a few examples:

  • On Feb. 22, 1924 Calvin Coolidge became the first president to make a public radio address to the American people. President Coolidge later helped create the Federal Radio Commission, which has now evolved to become the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). President Obama became the first president to hold virtual gatherings and town halls using Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, etc.
  • In a 1946 letter to the National Urban League, President Truman wrote that the government has “an obligation to see that the civil rights of every citizen are fully and equally protected.” He ended racial segregation in civil service and the armed forces in 1948. Today the Obama administration continues to strive toward upholding the civil rights of its citizens, repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, allowing people of all sexual orientations to serve openly in our armed forces.
  • President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare signed (sic) into law in 1965—providing millions of elderly healthcare stability. President Obama’s historic health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act, strengthens Medicare, offers eligible seniors a range of preventive services with no cost-sharing, and provides discounts on drugs when in the coverage gap known as the “donut hole.”
  • On August 14, 1935, President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act. Today the Obama administration continues to protect seniors and ensure Social Security will be there for future generations.
  • In a June 28, 1985 speech Reagan called for a fairer tax code, one where a multi-millionaire did not have a lower tax rate than his secretary. Today, President Obama is calling for the same with the Buffett Rule.


Obama Takes Credit For $2 Gas…Again

Experts generally agree that today’s relatively cheap gas prices are due to inexpensive oil and cheap natural gas-fired electricity provided by fracking and horizontal drilling. The Obama administration repeatedly takes legal action against the practice of fracking, but conversely then claims credit for cheaper gasoline at the pump. Obama previously took credit for $2 dollar gas in his 2015 State Of The Union.

Energy prices dropped 41 percent over the course of 2015 due to hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The average American currently pays $2.18 per gallon of gasoline, according to a report by the American Automobile Association (AAA). Average gas prices dropped below $2-a-gallon in January and gas prices are 18 cents per gallon less than at the same time last year.


Obama says economy is 'booming,' takes credit for record growth


"They feel more comfortable," said a former Obama Administration official. "The real release was when they saw that four handle on GDP." Steady gains have changed the mood inside the White House complex, the former official said. "The fear in the past was even if the overall numbers were good there were still a lot of people feeling pain, so it seemed discordant. But now people are starting to feel a little better about their own personal situation."

The shift is pronounced. In an interview with The Economist released over the weekend, Obama made a full-throated argument for his economic legacy that came without the hedges and caveats he has used in past years. "Let's look at the facts," Obama said. "Since I have come into office, there's almost no economic metric by which you couldn't say that the U.S. economy is better and that corporate bottom lines are better. None."

He went on to cite the administration's successes: "a record stock market," "record corporate profits," 52 straight months of consecutive job growth" and "an energy sector that's booming."
 
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