Economics is a tricky subject, lots of people struggle to understand it properly.
If you're the host of a network TV show - you should probably make sure you understand the figures before you start talking them through.
On Fox and Friends on Friday (try saying that 6 times quickly), co-host Eric Bolling shared a 'report card' that appeared to show Trump's economic policy prowess.
On the left, Trump shows high numbers in 'consumer confidence,' a low unemployment rate, and a slight increase on the average hourly wage.
Good for Trump and an egg on Former President Obama's face right?
Except, it didn't actually slate Obama's economic performance, it showed Trump had likely inherited a strong economy.
.@EricBolling's @POTUS 1st quarter report card on the @TheFive⤵️ pic.twitter.com/1fOv3NbTCp
— Dan Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) March 31, 2017
What Fox News seemed to miss is that the board is actually an endorsement of Obama's presidency - showing more about George's Bush's final term as President than comparing Obama than Trump.
That is more of a Bush / Obama report card no? All of those indicators are lagging. Talk to me in 4 years on those numbers. https://t.co/G0bPod45X0
— Bryan Mortensen (@Bemorte) March 31, 2017
Obama took office in the midst of housing crisis, in the worst recession since the Great Depression - but in eight years he transformed the US into an economy with higher wages, higher consumer confidence and lower unemployment.
If anything, the board shows just how great the economic recovery was under Obama.
And people noticed:
@BrettLoGiurato @LOLGOP Fixed it for him pic.twitter.com/boAG9oaKxN
— @LatinPhilo (@LatinPhilo) March 31, 2017
If only there was some sort of real estate bubble that caused housing prices to collapse around Obama's election, we'd have an explanation! https://t.co/pj9hjS0Ybw
— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) March 31, 2017
@DanScavino @ericbolling @POTUS @TheFive This clearly shows Bush handed Obama a s-show. Obama cleaned it up and handed Trump an economy on a record-long job creation streak.
— @ijbailey (@ijbailey) March 31, 2017
guys, this report card, i don’t think it shows what you think it shows https://t.co/GfQCBprGji
— Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) March 31, 2017
@knitvspurl @DanScavino @NoahCRothman @ericbolling @POTUS @TheFive ummm did you know Obama became President at the beginning of a historic economic crisis do you think that might have something to do w/ this
— i have died (@ChrisCaesar) March 31, 2017
Trump said he inherited a mess - he didn't.
President Trump: "To be honest, I inherited a mess -- at home and abroad." https://t.co/OBLCVoLF0C https://t.co/8kCvkOGPa1
— CNN (@CNN) February 16, 2017
Sorry to break it to you Donald but you can't transform an economy in 3 months.
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