Trump claims that the Gross Domestic Product has doubled, an inc

Avalon - Trump claims that the Gross Domestic Product has doubled, an increase of 100 percent, or tripled (200 percent) since he took office in January 2017. The claim is blatantly false. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the GDP for 2016 was $18.6 trillion; for 2017, $19.4 trillion; and for the first quarter of 2018, $20 trillion - increases over 2016 of 4.3 percent and 7.5 percent, not 200 or 300 percent. Just another of a continuing, pervasive litany of Trump's lies, distortions and exaggerations.