Later in the panel discussion, The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway made a remarkable declaration about the supposed “sluggishness” of the recovery, claiming that “during the Obama administration, I don't think there was a single year with 3% GDP [growth]. And it was very frustrating for a lot of people. That type of exiting from the labor force, that sluggishness, was very meaningful for how Donald Trump won election the first time, and I think it was an under-reported aspect of his election victory.”

Of course, none of the Trump years have ever achieved 3% GDP growth, either. Obama and Trump each came very close at different points — at just over 2.9% apiece in 2015 and 2018, respectively — but Hemingway and other right-wing media personalities continue to celebrate Trump for economic figures that are not radically different from the Obama era and which follow in the wake of the earlier recovery from the Great Recession.

Things got even worse during the Fox Business show Mornings with Maria, when New York Post editorial board member Kelly Torrance said Trump’s entire Twitter blow-up was a function of Obama making things all about himself.

“He does like to take credit,” Torrance said, “Remember the ‘You didn’t build that’ comment.”