What do the numbers behind Trump’s presidency really look like? @DavidCharter and @ryanleewatts take a look beyond the boasts https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-did-donald-trump-achieve-his-presidency-in-numbers-5jsl3bkzk?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1611074027
Trump’s highest approval rating came five days after his inauguration in January 2017 and his highest disapproval score was five days ago after the Capitol was stormed https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-did-donald-trump-achieve-his-presidency-in-numbers-5jsl3bkzk?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=trump_in_numbers&utm_medium=branded_social
Trump inherited a national debt of almost $20 trillion which he said he would eliminate in eight years. The debt now stands at $27.8 trillion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-did-donald-trump-achieve-his-presidency-in-numbers-5jsl3bkzk?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=trump_in_numbers&utm_medium=branded_social
Trump set out to increase GDP by “4, 5 and even 6 per cent” a year to increase tax revenues. In the first quarter of 2020 GDP fell by 5 per cent, then by a record 31.4 per cent in the second quarter https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-did-donald-trump-achieve-his-presidency-in-numbers-5jsl3bkzk?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=trump_in_numbers&utm_medium=branded_social
By last week, 452 miles of Trump’s wall had been built https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-did-donald-trump-achieve-his-presidency-in-numbers-5jsl3bkzk?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=trump_in_numbers&utm_medium=branded_social
A record stock market high came in early February before a pandemic plunge that was reversed over the course of last year when the Dow Jones recovered https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-did-donald-trump-achieve-his-presidency-in-numbers-5jsl3bkzk?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=trump_in_numbers&utm_medium=branded_social
Trump averaged 5.7 tweets (including retweets) per day in the first six months of his presidency, a rate that grew to 34.8 every day in his final six months in office https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-did-donald-trump-achieve-his-presidency-in-numbers-5jsl3bkzk?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=trump_in_numbers&utm_medium=branded_social
Read on for a deep dive into the figures behind Trump’s presidency: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-did-donald-trump-achieve-his-presidency-in-numbers-5jsl3bkzk?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=trump_in_numbers&utm_medium=branded_social