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We built the greatest economy in the history of the world.
Donald J. Trump•February 4, 2020•State of the Union address, U.S. Capitol•record_voice_overSpeech

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Claim that the pre-pandemic economy was the best in world history is unsupported by standard metrics.

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GDP growth, wage growth, and job creation during the 2017 to 2019 period were similar to the final years of the Obama administration and did not exceed multiple post-WWII booms.

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On virtually every economic measure - real GDP growth, unemployment declines, wage growth - the pre-pandemic economy was strong but not unprecedented.

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