Quote from: The definition on August 01, 2024, 02:47:53 AMTrump's economy was better, inflation was down and gas prices were very low
Trump's "economy" was mostly Obama's economy. It takes years for economic policy to produce results
Additionally, the pandemic really threw normal trends out the window. Supply chain issues, and the country shutting down for essentially years is a once in a lifetime occurrence and is what caused the worst of it. Inflation has been high all over the world. The US economy has had a better recovery than all of them
Gas prices are actually way down recently and the economy is having a rare soft landing. All that to say the president can rarely take credit for any of that because it's complicated