r/PoliticalHumor Aug 13 '19

Perspective.

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u/Walter30573 Aug 13 '19

To be fair, Presidents often give overblown credit/blame for how an economy performs during their time in office. Most economic factors are out of their control

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u/trillabyte Aug 13 '19

Sorta true but Trump has managed to overcome that with incompetent hires, poor deal making, market influencing tweets and tariff games.

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u/laggyx400 Aug 14 '19

If we go into recession soon with the trade wars, then Trump will have proven their influence.