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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump: National debt went up $200 billion in Obama's first month, down $12 billion in mine
Would love to see the fact check on this one.
Link to tweet
CrispyQ
(36,461 posts)That's the nicest thing I can say about Don the Con.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)"Comparing Jan. 20 to Feb. 20 of each year, the figures are more like $15 billion and $212 billion. This generally isn't a metric used to evaluate presidents, since they have little influence on the first months of their presidencies. Obama, for example, inherited the financial crisis, and signed a stimulus package that went into effect in mid-February. Anyway, this difference stemmed not from public debt but from intragovernmental holdings. And there is one sense in which the media talked about this: Herman Cain mentioned it on Fox News shortly before Trump's tweet."
I love their Twitter Add-on that fact checks his bullshit and provides broader context!
MattP
(3,304 posts)Jeroen
(1,061 posts)Response to Miles Archer (Original post)
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spanone
(135,830 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,088 posts)better than Obama's.
dawg
(10,624 posts)he's going to have some tough comps.
(Especially once any of *his* policies start taking effect.)