'Did you hear the latest con job?': Trump and Obama spar over who should get credit for robust US economy
that the US gross domestic product quarterly growth hasn't reached 4% yet under the Trump administration while it happened four times under Obama. of his re-election bid, setting the stage for possible future confrontations between him and Obama on the issue. It's not the first time the former president has tried highlighting his administration's economic record after he left office.
"So when you hear how the economy is doing right now, let's just remember when this recovery started," Obama said."I'm glad it's continued, but when you hear about this 'economic miracle' that's been going on when the job numbers come out — monthly job numbers — suddenly Republicans are saying it's a miracle. I have to kind of remind them those job numbers are the same as they were in 2015 and 2016.
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