AP FACT CHECK: Trump says economy best 'EVER.' It's not.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are enjoying the best economy "EVER," says President Donald Trump, with trademark hyperbole.
Trump's tendency to take good economic news and wildly exaggerate it is on display in tweets self-celebrating 500 days in office.
His boast of record achievements on the economy and jobs ignores the Roaring Twenties, the war-time boom in the 1940s, the 1990s expansion and other times when unemployment was lower than now, economic growth was higher than now, or brisk productivity made the U.S. the world's economic powerhouse.
TRUMP: "This is my 500th. Day in Office and we have accomplished a lot - many believe more than any President in his first 500 days.