The Trump Presidency. Is it a success?

These economics statistics are good measures of success. During the presidential elections, President Trump made a large number of economic promises. Has his Presidency been a success? Only time will tell as measured by these statistics.

Time line to look at:

2001-2008 -- George W. Bush

2009-2016 -- Barack Obama

2017 - Present -- Donald Trump

Trump pledged:

• To boost GDP growth to 4% or higher
• To decrease the unemployment rate
• Increase the labor force participation rate
• Decrease poverty
• Decrease the trade deficit
• Increase the stock market performance
• Improve wage growth
• Reduce public debt
• Increase coal mining jobs