Trump's Final Numbers – courtesy of FactCheck

Keith

February 2

Per an article by FactCheck the month before the 2020 election, a review of some key statistics on the Trump presidency along with observations are made. Below is the summary, but the full article can be linked to below.

Summary

The statistics for the entirety of Donald Trump's time in office are nearly all compiled. As we did for his predecessor four years ago, we present a final look at the numbers.

The economy lost 2.9 million jobs. The unemployment rate increased by 1.6 percentage points to 6.3%.
Paychecks grew faster than inflation. Average weekly earnings for all workers were up 8.7% after inflation.
After-tax corporate profits went up, and the stock market set new records. The S&P 500 index rose 67.8%.
The international trade deficit Trump promised to reduce went up. The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services in 2020 was the highest since 2008 and increased 40.5% from 2016.
The number of people lacking health insurance rose by 3 million.
The federal debt held by the public went up, from $14.4 trillion to $21.6 trillion.
Home prices rose 27.5%, and the homeownership rate increased 2.1 percentage points to 65.8%.
Illegal immigration increased. Apprehensions at the Southwest border rose 14.7% last year compared with 2016.
Coal production declined 26.5%, and coal-mining jobs dropped by 16.7%. Carbon emissions from energy consumption dropped 11.5%.
Handgun production rose 12.5% last year compared with 2016, setting a new record.
The murder rate last year rose to the highest level since 1997.
Trump filled one-third of the Supreme Court, nearly 30% of the appellate court seats and a quarter of District Court seats.

I will let you draw your own conclusions, but do check out some of the observations and good pictorial graphs in the link. Some of the numbers are good, some not so good for Trump. Note, FactCheck is predicated on its veracity, so their numbers have far more merit than anything the former president might say about pretty much anything. Trump tended to paint a worse picture before he took office and patted himself on the back too often after taking office.

https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trumps-final-numbers/