Thread by @aaronsojourner

@realDonaldTrump Unemployment is low & that's good. Check out trends in unemployment for African-Americans & other groups.

Progress so steady since 2010. No improvement on the trends you inherited.

@realDonaldTrump Check out the trend in the # of U.S. jobs. Same story. Progress so steady since 2010. No improvement on the trend you inherited.

You changed your talking point. The job-growth trend, not so much.

@realDonaldTrump This chicken can claim it's doing an awesome job driving because it took over the wheel when momentum's going the right direction.

When circumstances require more than squawking & preening, reality will be clear.

@realDonaldTrump We shouldn't judge POTUSs on the state of the economy. All our decisions together produce the economy. It doesn't change when the resident of the White House does.

We should judge POTUSs on how they use the power of their office & the impact of those decisions.
#priorities

@realDonaldTrump Beyond coasting on inherited trends, how's POTUS used power of office?

He managed 1 big econ policy change, #TCJA tax law. It gave an expensive gift ($$ requiring no behavior change) to company owners. Profits soared.

That's what causing a big effect looks like.
#priorities

@realDonaldTrump For the record, the number of African-Americans employed stopped growing 9 months ago, after growing steadily for years before.

@realDonaldTrump The number of African-Americans unemployed stopped falling more than a year ago. Maybe progress will resume but the last 13 months have been a wash.