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AP Fact Check: The Silent Partner in Trump's Boasts

Associated Press

   President Donald Trump has a silent partner behind several of the
   accomplishments he likes to boast about: Barack Obama.

   Despite assailing his Democratic predecessor for waging a ``cruel and
   heartless war on American energy,'' for example, Trump can brag about
   U.S. energy supremacy thanks to the sector's growth in the Obama years.

   And the Obama-Trump decade is soon to yield an economic record if
   things stay on track a little longer -- the most sustained expansion in
   U.S. history. Though Trump claims all the credit, the expansion started
   in Obama's first year, continued through his presidency and has been
   maintained under Trump.

   There are no fist bumps in the offing, however.

   The past week saw the kickoff of Trump's 2020 campaign with a rally in
   Florida. That and other events provided Trump a platform that he used
   to exaggerate what he's done, take some factually challenged swipes at
   Obama and Democrats at large, and make promises that will be hard to
   keep. Here are samples:

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