President Donald Trump’s cheerleading of the economy has been a constant since he took office in early 2017, but new claims over the past week have exaggerated the US’s economic strength and falsely painted his administration as overseeing unprecedented success. “The GDP Rate (4.2%) is higher than the Unemployment Rate (3.9%) for the first time in over 100 years!” Trump tweeted Monday. Contrary to Trump’s claim, however, this is the 64th quarter in the past 70 years during which the unemployment rate was below the quarterly GDP number. The most recent was in 2006. Trump also incorrectly claimed Monday that the economy is “perhaps the best in our country’s history.” GDP growth hit 4.2% in the
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