Obama Rips Claim That Trump Economy Was Good: ‘It Was MY Economy!’

Former President Barack Obama tore into claims that the economy under former President Donald Trump was good on Thursday, arguing, “Yeah, it was pretty good because it was my economy!”

Speaking in support of Vice President Kamala Harris at a campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Obama said, “Donald Trump’s plan is to do what he did last time, which was give another massive tax cut to billionaires and big corporations.”

He continued:

And the reason some people think, “I remember that economy when he first came in being pretty good” – yeah, it was pretty good because it was my economy! We had had 75 straight months of job growth that I handed over to him! It wasn’t something he did! I had spent eight years cleaning up the mess that the Republicans had left me the last time. So just in case everyone has a hazy memory, he didn’t do nothing! Except those big tax cuts. His other big economic plan now is to slap tariffs on everything, from food to TVs.

Republicans on social media disputed Obama’s claim, calling the remark “delusional.”

“GDP growth in Obama’s last year in office was 1.6%. Trump did not inherit a good economy,” reacted RealClearInvestigations senior writer Mark Hemingway, while The Federalist editor-in-chief Mollie Hemingway wrote, “In fact, the Obama economy was *notoriously* sluggish and a big reason why Trump won election the first time.”

During the rally, Obama also made a comment about Trump wearing diapers during a conversation with an audience member.

After Obama asked, “Do you think Donald Trump ever changed a diaper?” a heckler could be heard shouting, “His own!”

Obama replied, “I almost said that, but I decided I shouldn’t say it.”

Watch above via Kamala Harris.