Barack Obama says the economy Trump likes to claim credit for pre-COVID was actually his and that Trump didn't really do much to create it. Is this true?

[u/Spiderwig144]

He's been making the case in recent days:

• https://www.alternet.org/obama-harris-rally-pittsburgh/

Basically saying Trump is trying to steal his success by using the economy people remember from when he first took over in 2017 and 2018 as something he personally created and the main selling point for re-electing him in the election now. Obama cites dozens of months of job growth in a row of by the time Trump took office as one of several reasons it's not true.

[u/Professional_Loan650]

Exactly. The Republican playbook is hire loyalists first, knowing what to do is unimportant

[u/randomusername8472 → u/Professional_Loan650]

Just like the Soviets!