Hey, facts are facts.
I will say that the economic success is due in part to the gridlock keeping us mostly on path, but Trump owns his portion of it, too.

If you watch the 2016 Election Night coverage on YouTube, you'll see them talking about the Dow Futures, and how they were down 800 points, and how that reflected how badly the economy was going to be hurt if Trump won. Rachel Maddow hit that especially hard.

And of course you had suppos-ed economic experts like Robert Reich and Paul Krugman predicting that the economy might never recover if Trump won.

"NEW YORK — Wall Street is set up for a major crash if Donald Trump shocks the world on Election Day and wins the White House. New research out on Friday suggests that financial markets strongly prefer a Hillary Clinton presidency and could react with panicked selling should Trump defy the polls and deliver a shocking upset on Nov. 8."

So yeah, many people DID expect the economy to tank "overnight".

Instead, it's booming. By almost every single measure.

What people did not expect was the resulting gridlock as the Republican Party couldn't decide what to do with Trump, and then made stupid decision after stupid decision.

Like attacking the ACA repeatedly, even as 70% of the people tried to tell them to stop, and then going after major tax cuts - for rich people and corporations.

Republicans certainly mastered the art of putting the "trick" in trickle down economics.

Amadeus

 

The stimulus didn't fail. What the heck planet are you on?
I DO disagree with the way the bailout of the banks was handled. Angrily. Especially when I hear the rich complain about socialism. It makes me want to smack people.

The economy was already doing well before Trump. And Trump, by and large, hasn't disturbed too many things. What he has done that has had impact:
* trade wars, especially with China
* force the renegotiation of NAFTA
* pull out of climate accords
* screw up the Iran nuclear deal
* get the tax scam passed

Now, I may disagree with a number of those things, but I have to accept the fact of the current economic situation. It isn't in a free fall of decline. Unemployment numbers are good. And it is only fair to give Trump his due on this.

But this doesn't change my outlook on Trump and the economy. It is similar to Trump and most things. Trump's primary concern is not the nation. It is not the people. It is not even the corporations or the rich. Trump's primary concern is TRUMP. So he will do what benefits him, first. This will likely benefit those who align themselves with Trump and Trump's interests. This means that the people - the vast majority of them - stand to eventually be left holding the bag while Trump and the rich take as much as they can out of it.

Sooner, or later, it is what is going to happen. The tax scam was one big scoop for the rich, and they got away with it. They'll do it again.

Trump and his policies have caused immense damage to this country. He has to be removed from office.

Amadeus

SES wrote:

As with all things economic, you can find opinions on both sides of any issue/statistic.

Obama's stimulus was a dismal failure. In my opinion. About $800 billion dollars, intended to keep unemployment under 8%. Went well over 8%, up to 10%. Remember the "shovel-ready" projects? Yeah. Not so much.

Did the economy improve. Sure.

But not nearly as much as intended, or hoped. In my opinion.

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The "dismal failure in your opinion" is directly responsible for the booming economy you brag about. It did exactly what it was designed to do, and still is. This trend began in 2010 and sustained for 104 consecutive months. Did you suddenly awaken when Trump was elected, to see things then weren't as bad as you often said? Or did the obvious bias of Trump replacing Obama completely change your outlook on reality? 
 

SES wrote:

I remember Obama trying to get us all to accept the n\"new normal".

I remember Obama incredulously dismissing Trump's vow to "bring the jobs back to this country".

I remember Obama's ignorant comment about "shovel ready jobs", that I IMMEDIATELY knew, becuase of the business that I'm in, was ignorant.

I remember all of the Liberal doom-and-gloom economic collapse predictions if Trump won the election.

I remember what the stimulus was SUPPOSED to do, and what it actually did -- nowhere close to what it was SUPPOSED to do.

Bernie Sanders said this weekend that "unemployment...is...reasonably low." Yeah. Like, the lowest it's been in half a friggin' CENTURY.

Yeah. I remember it all. Thanks.
 

The most interesting thing about Trump's fake news, much of which you support with Trump accolades, is most of it comes from direct Trump tweets, quotes, conferences, responses, addresses, and rallies, and is witnessed by dozens, to hundreds, to thousands of witnesses, before publication and distribution. This material is audio and video recorded, printed, published, and distributed. The record of it is irrefutable. 

If this is in fact, fake news, then Trump admits he lies most of the time, just by calling it "fake news." They're his quotes!