{"id":27121,"date":"2017-12-29T03:45:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T03:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=27121"},"modified":"2017-12-29T03:45:51","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T03:45:51","slug":"trump-hogs-credit-he-denied-to-his-predecessor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=27121","title":{"rendered":"Trump hogs credit he denied to his predecessor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ecnomy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27122\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ecnomy-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ecnomy-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ecnomy-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ecnomy-1024x555.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ecnomy.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Donald J. Trump was always oh, so quick to denigrate the economic successes of Barack H. Obama.<\/p>\n<p>But &#8230; wait! Now it appears that with the nation&#8217;s economy continuing to rock along, he is seeking to take some &#8212; or most &#8212; of the credit for himself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/12\/28\/trump-message-obama-economy-260858\">Politico reports <\/a>that the president, faced with low poll ratings despite a brisk economic recovery, is staking more of his political fortune on the continuing spike in economic activity.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the success he refused to acknowledge during President Obama&#8217;s two terms in office is now becoming an opportunity for him to seize during his own time in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s almost laughable. No, actually it is laughable.<\/p>\n<p>Trump derided the monthly jobs boost recorded virtually throughout Obama&#8217;s terms in office. He used to contend the job growth was phony; the Labor Department cooked up the numbers, he said, to make the president look good.<\/p>\n<p>Now that he&#8217;s on the watch, the job numbers are like the Gospels, according to Trump.\u00a0Which is it, Mr. President? Are they phony or are they holy?<\/p>\n<p>Trump will deserve credit if his economic policies continue to produce healthy job and wage growth. He&#8217;ll deserve the credit in due course.<\/p>\n<p>However, he shouldn&#8217;t try to scarf up the credit that rightfully belongs to the momentum built by his presidential predecessor and preceding Congresses long before he declared his presidential candidacy.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald J. Trump was always oh, so quick to denigrate the economic successes of Barack H. Obama. But &#8230; wait! Now it appears that with the nation&#8217;s economy continuing to rock along, he is seeking to take some &#8212; or most &#8212; of the credit for himself. 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