LOL! Why would you compare Trump's first three years to Obama's LAST three years (or worse, all eight years)? Regardless, the job creation under Trump has been of higher quality, which is why wages are up for the working class:
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GDP is a flawed measure of the economy - it includes government spending for crying out loud, so growing government looks "good" by that measure. As does growing the non-profit sector (or educational social welfare industrial complex) that drains rather than produces wealth. Nobody, not even you I bet, unless, of course, you are a flat out Marxist, believes that growing government, education and social services is a sustainable path to a better economy. Industrial production is a better measure of the health of the private for-profit sector of the economy, because lets face it, it pays for all of the other sectors:
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Obama struggled over eight years to simply get it back to its pre-recession level, before it again declined - until Trump was elected. Now it is at a new all time high (and growing).
Yes, the deficits are a problem. Of course, when Obama failed to stanch the red ink, you blamed Bush. Now the deficit Trump inherited is his fault. And you conveniently fail to acknowledge the projections the CBO made while Obama was POTUS that showed the deficit EXPLODING as soon as he would leave office, because he strategically backloaded his spending initiatives to blow up on the next guy's watch. So it is mostly the socialist policies you champion that are driving the deficit, and sure, you can keep raising taxes to pay for it, but eventually your economy dies (see Greece). As usual, the leftist double standard is on full display here.
Your stock market measure gives Obama full credit for the recovery from the most oversold conditions in many decades, and compare it to Trump's performance where the indices have continued to rise from some of the most overbought conditions since 2000. Consult a financial professional if you don't understand the difference. And regardless, the entire stock market performance is a function of fed policy:
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So grading either's performance by that measure is a farce.
As usual, when a lefty tries to post on the economy around here, in about ten minutes I can expose them as an abject propagandist. Same shit, different day...
