Fact check: the truth about the US economy

Trump says unemployment is at a record low and economy is strongest ‘ever’ – is he right?

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When Donald Trump announced his candidacy back in 2015, he promised the American public that he would be “the greatest jobs president that God ever created”.

Three years on, his rhetoric remains as hyperbolic as ever. But do the president’s latest bullish claims about the US economy and employment levels stack up?

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