Five years ago, Donald Trump set a specific standard for “shockingly” good economic growth. The economy under Joe Biden just met that exact same standard. (via MaddowBlog)
, telling reporters, “2.6 is a number that nobody thought they’d see for a long period of time.” The Republican complained that news organizations hadn’t talked enough about it, adding, “2.6 is an unbelievable number.”. Given the economic circumstances that existed partway through 2017, GDP growth of 2.6% was largely unremarkable and evidence of a generally healthy economy.
But at the time, Trump wouldn’t let this go. A few days after celebrating routine news as “unbelievable,” he held a rally in West Virginia, and continued to tout the data. “Economic growth has surged to 2.6% nationwide,” the Republican , as if 2.6% quarterly growth was truly amazing. “You have to understand what that means: Nobody thought that number was going to happen.”Three weeks later, Trump had another rally, this time in Arizona, where he continued to pat himself on the back. “[E]conomic growth has surged to 2.6%
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