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As of January 2020, per the state of the union address, the USA was in its best shape EVAH
The problem for President Trump is that his term did not end in January 2020.
If you are going to claim the successes, then you HAVE to claim the failures, right @Horace (just teasing you!!).
As President Truman say - "The buck stops here"
A president can't say - "Well, I did great for the first three years. Just dont bother looking at the last year!!!"
Personally, i do not blame President Trump for what has happened to the economy over the past 6 months. (But I also dont give him as much credit as he economically claims for the first three years 55555)
Unemployment
Nov 2016 = 4.7%
July 2020 = 10.2%
SP 500
Nov 2016 = 2594
July 2020 = 3295
GDP Growth
Annual during President Trump = (-2%)
2017 = 2.3%
2018 = 3.0%
2019 = 2.2%
2020 = -10%
Debt
Nov 2016 = $19.9 trillion
July 2020 = $26.5 trillion
(increase of 33%)
If only Mr Trump had let a few more non- essentials die we could have a terrific economy.
But the US didn't and the economy is in terrible shape. If we are going to talk about one person being responsible for it, who would it be?
Is the economy in terrible shape, compared to other First World countries?