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spanone

(135,846 posts)
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 01:29 PM Feb 2017

trump is now using the same standards Obama did on jobs numbers....

FUCKING LIAR

today trump was on teevee touting ''his' jobs numbers

but i recall candidate trump on Obama's numbers:

"Don't believe these phony numbers," Trump told supporters early last year. "The number is probably 28, 29, as high as 35 [percent]. In fact, I even heard recently 42 percent."


Trump's nominee for treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, echoed that sentiment during his confirmation hearing.

"The unemployment rate is not real," Mnuchin told the Senate Finance Committee. "I've traveled for the last year. I've seen this."


http://www.npr.org/2017/01/29/511493685/ahead-of-trumps-first-jobs-report-a-look-at-his-remarks-on-the-numbers
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trump is now using the same standards Obama did on jobs numbers.... (Original Post) spanone Feb 2017 OP
Today's numbers ARE Obama's results. yardwork Feb 2017 #1
of course they are, but he was on teevee taking credit for them (of course he was) spanone Feb 2017 #3
Of course he was. And your OP is a very good point. yardwork Feb 2017 #4
Let him take credit for President Obama's economy. Blue_true Feb 2017 #7
Marley - Hypocrites malaise Feb 2017 #2
wow, the unemployment rate is 4.7, down from 35% & blotus has only been in office 2 wks Motley13 Feb 2017 #5
i knew he was a damned genius spanone Feb 2017 #6

yardwork

(61,661 posts)
1. Today's numbers ARE Obama's results.
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 01:32 PM
Feb 2017

Nothing Trump has done in the past two weeks made any kind of significant impact on jobs.

The economy did very well under Obama, even with the Republican obstructionism.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
7. Let him take credit for President Obama's economy.
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 01:53 PM
Feb 2017

When Trump sends the economy down the shitter (and it WILL) happen, we need to force Trump to take credit for that.

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