If former President Barack Obama wants to take credit for economic gains realized under his successor, President Donald Trump, he’ll first have to get by the president’s spokesperson, Sarah Sanders.
The White House press secretary took to Twitter this week in response to the former president trying to claim responsibility for job growth under her boss.
“We saw the longest streak of job creation in American history by far — a streak that still continues, by the way,” Obama said recently at a mayors conference in Chicago.
But Sanders wasn’t about to let him get away with discounting Trump’s de-regulation and tax reform efforts.
“Can’t make it up: Obama now wants credit for the booming Trump economy. At least we can all agree the economy is better under President Trump,” she tweeted.
Can't make it up: Obama now wants credit for the booming Trump economy. At least we can all agree the economy is better under President Trump.
— Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) December 10, 2017
But then, Sanders has proven to be an effective gatekeeper, as seen Monday when she mixed it up with CNN reporter Jim Acosta, who hijacked another press conference to attack President Trump for calling out fake news.
Sarah Sanders delivers epic smackdown that’ll leave CNN’s Jim Acosta sore until Christmas: ‘I’m not finished’ https://t.co/GKXfWI6eA0 pic.twitter.com/PDsG6pDunb
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) December 12, 2017
Proving she can troll with the best of them, Sanders wasn’t finished with Obama just yet.
“I’m old enough to remember when President Trump’s election was going to ‘crash the market.’ One year later: market up over 30%, two million new jobs & 1,000 new manufacturing jobs created every day just last month…and now Obama wants credit for the booming Trump economy,” Sanders tweeted.
I'm old enough to remember when President Trump's election was going to "crash the market." One year later: market up over 30%, two million new jobs & 1,000 new manufacturing jobs created every day just last month…and now Obama wants credit for the booming Trump economy.
— Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) December 10, 2017
While wannabe economists got lost in the minutia of comparing job numbers, there was plenty of support for Sanders.
Here’s a sampling of responses from Twitter:
Obama is a legend in his own mind only! A fool if you will. https://t.co/AijVYGAzFv
— Danny & Kimberly Davis (@Danny_Davis3011) December 10, 2017
Laughing so hard at this dellusion, hope people know the end of his regulations is what is causing this boom, he should be arrested for all he did to stop our businesses. https://t.co/0vs177b4eI
— Rhett O. Millsaps (@RhettMillsaps) December 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/BelangerLaw/status/940187896555982850
https://twitter.com/HRClintonPrison/status/939981768588791808
No credit for @BarackObama. Market turned upwards Nov 9, 2017 ONLY because @realDonaldTrump was elected.
Thank you @POTUS! Keep working for the People #MAGA https://t.co/cwHiADlmxQ
— JKelliBar✝️💗✨ (@RubyMagnolia1) December 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/Mona_Lina1/status/939906859393150976
Only credit Obama gets is that he almost destroyed America. If Hillary had won, she’d have finished us off. Thank God for our President!
— BuilderBrad (@brad7743me) December 10, 2017
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