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> Every time a president claims economic growth to be because of them they reveal themselves to either be a liar or a fool.

Every president claims credit if economy is doing well. Same for Obama, Bush and Clinton. All were claiming credit for their periods of solid economy. That's just what you do as politician, take credit for good things and try to blame somebody else for bad things. Part of the political profession.

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True, but it's rare that a President claims on an almost daily basis that he alone is responsible for the current standing of the stock market specifically. Just last week he claimed had Clinton been elected, the market would have lost 50% of its value.

Yeah I mean Trump is obviously more extreme in bragging about everything good being because of him. But the other side also kept predicting that if Trump won the election stock market would crash immediately and recession would ensue, instead we got one of the craziest bull markets for over a year and a very robust economy (I mean let's see what happens next, this could be start of a bear market, but stocks are still up a LOT since his election).

Yes and I see them all as liars.

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