HACK! CNBC's John Harwood gets CALLED OUT over Obama-Trump stock market comparison

Greg P. | 10:28 AM on February 06, 2018

Here’s CNBC’s John Harwood attempting to compare the first year+ of the stock market during the Obama administration with the Trump administration. Can you spot what he did?

increase in Dow Jones Industrial Average from president's Inauguration Day to Feb 5 of following year:
–Trump 22.7%
–Obama 38.5%

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) February 5, 2018

As CNN might say, this is apples and bananas:

Is this supposed to be a smart rebuke? It's not. If any explanation is necessary as to why, best to sit out discussing the topic. https://t.co/2zuR6xljkw

— Blame Big Government (@BlameBigGovt) February 5, 2018

And here’s Fox Business Network’s Charles Gasparino with a brutal smackdown:

do i really have to remind people the DOW hit a low of around 6000 in march 2009 and the fed pumped TRILLIONS into the markets through QE; trump took a bull market and added some more without any fed help but with a dose of free mkt capitalism that said he shld stop being a tout https://t.co/ap575NHNKJ

— Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) February 6, 2018

Harwood did attempt to clarify things a little bit:

of course. your point is right. mine is that any president’s claims of specific economic/market accomplishments coinciding with his tenure are arbitrary, influenced by multiple factors not attributable to politicians https://t.co/6pOdwO0y71

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) February 6, 2018

Well, that was a little too late as the proverbial horse had already left the barn with lefties embracing the comparison: