New York –  With the 2020 Presidential election looming, reports are coming out showing that Donald Trump’s claims of a booming economy were based only on economic data. “This is an unprecedented gas-lighting of the American People,” said Duane Clifton, an analyst with the Tax Policy Center. “When boasting about his economic policies, President Trump focuses solely on economic factors. There is never any mention of this administration’s total failure to eradicate poverty, or the fact that some people have less than other people. Take for example President Trump’s claims of record low unemployment. How can anyone claim that those are signs of a healthy economy? People that have jobs don’t require as much government assistance, which means less money goes into those programs, and less money means a worse economy.  This is a very basic economy policy of the past eighty years.

When asked about the effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on the economy, Clifton added “Well, yes, now that economic indicators are in the toilet, those are clearly signs of an economic disaster, for which the President bears sole responsibility. It’s unfathomable to believe that he could somehow distance himself and his policies from this economic catastrophe.