White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Sunday took aim at former President Obama after he touted his administration's economic accomplishments.

The administration's spokeswoman accused Obama of trying to take "credit" for the financial success President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE has ushered in since taking office.

"At least we can all agree the economy is better under President Trump," Sanders wrote in a tweet.

Can't make it up: Obama now wants credit for the booming Trump economy. At least we can all agree the economy is better under President Trump. — Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) December 10, 2017

Her tweet comes days after Obama recalled the obstacles his administration faced while trying to improve the economy as well as address issues like climate change — decisions, he claims, that continue to help the U.S. economy.

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"We met resistance every step of the way. There were skeptics who said these actions would kill jobs and depress growth," Obama said at the North American Climate Summit in Chicago last week, pointing to his efforts to cut carbon emissions as part of the Paris climate change agreement.

“As we took these actions, we saw the U.S. economy grow consistently. We saw the longest streak of job creation in American history by far. A streak that still continues, by the way,” he continued, jokingly adding: “Thanks, Obama.”

Former Obama officials quickly fired back at Sanders for her tweet, citing statistics comparing the economy under Trump and Obama.

2016: 196,000 jobs per month

2017: 170,000 jobs per month



Unemployment rate when Obama left office: 4.5%@QuinnipiacPoll, 11/15: Who gets credit for the economy?

Obama: 50%

Trump: 37%



Let me know if you need any other facts, @PressSec https://t.co/rllgvwh65p — Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) December 10, 2017

In academia, Ms. Sanders, we make a sharp distinction between (a spurious) correlation and causation. Such issues of statistics, however, maybe not be relevant in politics, I understand. https://t.co/cl6at38l89 — Michael McFaul (@McFaul) December 10, 2017

damn, girl. he does get the credit. just like you will get all the credit in the world for doubling down on a racist pedo https://t.co/gWrJ2BqHak — AlyssaMastromonaco (@AlyssaMastro44) December 10, 2017

Economist David Rothschild also hit back at Sanders' tweet.

POTUS does not have a huge impact on economy, at least in short-run, but if we must: 190,000 jobs per month in 2016 and 170,000 jobs per month in 2017. Prefer to think of Obama economy humming along, or you can think of Trump economy doing just a little worse than under Obama. https://t.co/SR3VrVgYy9 — David Rothschild (@DavMicRot) December 10, 2017

Earlier this year, the Trump administration announced the nation would be pulling out of Paris agreement, making it the only country opposed to the global climate change pact.

Trump has rolled back many Obama-era policies and regulations since taking office.

— Jacqueline Thomsen contributed to this post, which was updated at 4 p.m.