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Joe Biden, former vice president

“The fact is that he has in fact, worked on this in a way that he’s going to be the first president of the United States to leave office, having fewer jobs in his administration than when he became president. Fewer jobs than when he became president. First one in American history.”

Washington Post rated this: Needs context

Washington Post says: Biden’s statistic holds up, as Trump ranks in last place either in terms of raw numbers or percentage change. But measuring job growth by presidential term is simply not a useful measure.