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Donald Trump: “We left with a stock market that was higher than it was at the beginning.”

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You know, in my first term, we had the best economy that we've ever had. It was interrupted by Covid at the end, but we had the best numbers. Even with that, We left with a stock market that was higher than it was at the beginning. It was the highest stock market up until that time. And now we have 81 times in a Little more than a year and a half. 81 all time stock market highs. (17:48–17:54)

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Asserts that the stock market was higher at the end of Trump's term than at the beginning.

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