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Former President Barack Obama has come under fire after claiming that the robust economy enjoyed during Donald Trump’s presidency was a result of his own policies.
Speaking in Pittsburgh for Vice President Kamala Harris, Obama criticized Trump’s economic claims, claiming that it was his economy that was performing well at that time.
“The reason some people think, ‘I remember that economy when [Trump] first came in being pretty good.’ — Yeah, it was pretty good because it was my economy,” Obama said. “We 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,” Obama added.
The claim drew criticism from conservatives, who argued that it oversimplified economic realities.
“So then by that logic Joe Biden’s supposedly amazing economy is Trump’s. This idiotic sword cuts both ways,” Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro wrote.
“In fact, the Obama economy was *notoriously* sluggish and a big reason why Trump won [the] election the first time,” Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway wrote.
“GDP growth in Obama’s last year in office was 1.6%. Trump did not inherit a good economy. This is delusional,” RealClearInvestigations writer Mark Hemingway wrote.
Trump has focused heavily on economic issues throughout his 2024 campaign, emphasizing energy costs as a primary concern and proposing to reduce energy bills by 50% within a year.
“We have to start always with energy,” Trump said. “I don’t want to be boring about it, but there’s no bigger subject that covers everything. If you make donuts, if you make cars, whatever you make, energy is a big deal.”
“And it’s my ambition to get your energy bill within 12 months down 50%,” Trump added. “If I can do that, we’ve done a hell of a job … [and] interest rates are going to follow.”
Harris has blamed corporate greed for rising prices and advocated for a federal ban on corporate price-gouging.
