As a result, Trump was unable to revive the middle class, as he promised in 2016. ADADHistory shows us there is a better and more sustainable strategy to rev up the economy and restore the middle class. That's the difference between the pretty good economy that Trump has overseen and the extraordinary one that he pretends to have. It is difficult to pin an exact number on the size of the middle class at any particular time, in part because there are so many ways people define "middle class." By that measure, millions of Americans fell out of the middle class over recent decades.

Source: Washington Post August 20, 2020 15:22 UTC