Trumps Approval Outpace Reagan, Clinton and Carter

[Final-Fan]

o_O.Q said:

Megiddo said:

When Obama took office the unemployment was 7.8%. It peaked at 10%. When Obama left office unemployment was at 4.8%. That means Obama cut employment by 3% from when he took office and by over 5% from the peak of the financial crisis he inherited.

When Trump took office the unemployment was 4.7%. It is now 3.9%. That means Trump has cut unemployment by .8%, far less than president Obama.

I know math is hard, but man, you gotta make that effort! Otherwise you just look like an idiot.

"I know math is hard, but man, you gotta make that effort! Otherwise you just look like an idiot."

"When Trump took office the unemployment was 4.7%. It is now 3.9%. That means Trump has cut unemployment by .8%, far less than president Obama."

the guy comparing ~1 and a half years to ~8 years is criticising my math skills lmao

hopefully when trump's two terms are up he'll cut unemployment down to 0.0001%

Oh, you think he's exposed his lack of thought on the subject?  Let me educate you. 

First off, it seems weird to me to measure the the cut in unemployment in Obama's term by the metric of eight years when unemployment definitely didn't peak on Day 1 of his presidency, but whatever.  Let's go ahead and give that one to you for now.  Stack the example in Trump's favor. 

So if unemployment during Obama's presidency maxed out at 10%, and dropped to 4.7% by the end of his term, that's a drop of 5.3%.  So the cut in unemployment was 5.3% for Obama and 0.8% for Trump.  But it's true that this is across different amounts of time. 

One and a half years for Trump, you say?  How much bigger is 8 compared to 1.5?  Coincidentally, it's 5.3 times bigger.  So if you multiply Trump's cut in unemployment by 5.3, you get ... 4.3%.  Less than Obama.  Remember, this is with the time factor stacked in Trump's favor. 

Now, people could object that it's not a fair comparison because realistically speaking there's a limit to how far unemployment can actually drop (0% unemployment is basically impossible), but that's not relevant to the claim that unemployment has dropped faster under Trump, which is demonstrably false.  (Clearly, since I just demonstrated it.)