Trump blames Biden for shrinking economy: ‘He left us with bad numbers’

Published April 30, 2025 10:45am ET



In a fiery social media post, President Donald Trump blamed the economy‘s unexpected contraction on his predecessor, former President Joe Biden.

“This is Biden’s Stock Market, not Trump’s. I didn’t take over until January 20th,” Trump said Wednesday morning on Truth Social.

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