At Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, Donald Trump claimed repeatedly that he has created a great economy. Trump may have hoped that people forget his towering 2016 claims and promises. My spring 2019 analysis of Trump economic performance was a grade of C , average.
So, what are the facts? Here are some hard numbers to judge Trump claims against reality.
Gross Domestic Product growth in the last quarter of 2019 was 2.1 percent. For the entire year, it was 2.3 percent. That means economic growth slowed. Continue reading.