(02-03-2018, 07:33 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(02-03-2018, 12:21 PM)Jags02 Wrote: I keep hearing Dems claim that economic gains by Trump are just a continuation of what Obama started, but that's just so not true. On every level, America's economic situation has vastly improved under Trump.

The stock market, in particular, is one area you can really see this. Over Obama's term, the market ever so slightly rose as it topped 17,000 on his way to about 18,000 where it remained for Obama's final two years aside from a couple 2000 point dips that it recovered from.  During the election campaigning it dropped a bit especially with expectations of Hillary winning, but then the day it was announced that Trump won, the rise began and it wouldn't stop for quite some time. Immediately it started going up topping 19,000 by Thanksgiving... topping 20,000 soon after Inauguration Day... 21,000 by March... and 26,000 by the time this thread was posted.

I just want to point out a factual error in your post.  "Over Obama's term, the market rose ever so slightly..."  In actuality, the market tripled during the Obama administration.