“Before the coronavirus pandemic, the United States had “the greatest economy in the history of our country.”
What PolitiFact found
While unemployment was near historical lows under Trump, growth in GDP was well below what previous presidents achieved, and other metrics such as wages and business investment ranged from decent to mediocre.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (president) made this claim around 29 September 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 October 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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