Former President Barack Obama criticized assertions made by former President Donald Trump that the economy was doing well, saying, “Yeah, it was pretty good because
it was my economy!”
At a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, campaign rally, Obama spoke in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris, saying, “Donald Trump’s plan is to do what he did last time, which was give another massive tax cut to billionaires and big corporations.”
He continued: “And the reason some people think, “I remember that economy when he first came in being pretty good” – yeah, it was pretty good because it was my economy! We had had 75 straight months of job growth that I handed over to him! It wasn’t something he did! I had spent eight years cleaning up the mess that the Republicans had left me the last time. So just in case everyone has a hazy memory, he didn’t do nothing! Except those big tax cuts. His other big economic plan now is to slap tariffs on everything, from food to TVs.”
Republicans on social media disputed Obama’s claim, calling the remark “delusional.”
“GDP growth in Obama’s last year in office was 1.6%. Trump did not inherit a good economy,” reacted RealClearInvestigations senior writer Mark Hemingway, while The Federalist editor-in-chief Mollie Hemingway wrote, “In fact, the Obama economy was *notoriously* sluggish and a big reason why Trump won election the first time.”
During the rally, Obama also delved into gutter politics and made a bizarre remark about Trump wearing a diaper during a conversation with an audience member.
