White House Response to "Fear"

On 6 November 2018 - in 62 days - the United States mid-term elections will take place.  The White House and the President are now pushing back on journalist Bob Woodward's new book, Fear, which will be released on 11 September, and which describes internal chaos inside the 45th administration. The White House released a list of "52 major wins," including the economy, an increase in jobs, the tax cut to companies, immigration policy, the fight against ISIS, regulation reductions, and the placement of conservative judges to top courts.
   The list included a White House statement denouncing Woodward's new book; and the President is claiming that Woodward didn't try hard enough to interview him.  Woodward contacted seven or eight members of the President's staff and three US Senators over a period of 10 weeks requesting an interview.  During a telephone interview with Woodward, after the book was at the publisher's, the President said that he guessed it would be another negative book about him, but then touted his achievements, saying: "All I can say is the country is doing very well.  We're doing better economically just about than at any time.  We're doing better on unemployment maybe than ever.  You know, I mean, if you look at the unemployment numbers, you've heard me say it. And we're doing better on unemployment than just about ever.  We're having a lot of - a lot of companies are moving back into our country, which would've been unheard of two years ago.  If the other administration or representatives of it had kept going, had kept - you know, if the other group  had won, I will tell you, that you would have, I think you'd have a GDP of less than zero.  I think we would've been going in the wrong direction.  Because regulations are such a big part of what we've done, Bob."     (This is me - I'm sorry, but, what the heck?  What is he rambling on about?)
  The President's list is below -   (I will be examining his claims tomorrow)
(The capitalizations and wording are direct from the list)

*  Almost 4 million jobs created since election.
*  More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history.
*  We have created more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since my election.
*  Manufacturing jobs growing at the fastest rate in more than THREE DECADES.
*  Economic growth last quarter hit 4.2 percent.
*  New unemployment claims recently hit a 49-year low.
*  Median household income has hit highest level ever recorded.
*  African-American unemployment has recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded.
*  Hispanic-American unemployment is at the lowest rate ever recorded.
*  Asian-American unemployment recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded.
*  Women's unemployment recently reached the lowest rate in 65 years.
*  Youth unemployment has recently hit the lowest rate in nearly half a century.
*  Lowest unemployment rate ever recorded for Americans without a high school diploma.
*  Under my Administration, veterans' unemployment recently reached its lowest rate in nearly 20 years.
*  Almost 3.9 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps since the election.
*  The Pledge to America's Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans.  We are committed to VOCATIONAL education.
*  95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future  -  highest ever.
*  Retail sales surged last month, up another 6% over last year.
*  Signed the biggest package of tax cuts and reforms in history.  After tax cuts, over $300 billion dollars (sic) poured back in to the U.S. in the first quarter alone.
*  As a result of our tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years.
*  Helped to win U.S. bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
*  Helped to win U.S.-Mexico-Canada's united bid for 2026 World Cup.
*  Opened ANWR & Approved Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines.
*  Record number of regulations eliminated.
*  Enacted regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions.
*  Obamacare individual mandate penalty GONE.
*  My Administration is providing more affordable healthcare options for Americans through association health plans and short-term duration plans.
*  Last month, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history. And thanks to our efforts,many drug companies are freezing or reversing planned price increases.  We reformed the Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs - saving seniors hundreds of millions of dollars this year alone.
*  Signed Right-To-Try Legislation.
*  Secured $6 billion dollars (sic) in NEW funding to fight the opioid  epidemic.
*  We have reduced high-dose opioid prescriptions by 16% during my first year in office.
*  Signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics and same-day urgent primary and mental health care.
*  Increased our coal exports by 60%; U.S. oil production recently reached all-time high.
*  United States is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957.
*  Withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord.
*  Cancelled the illegal, anti-coal, so-called Clean Power Plan.
*  Secured record $700 billion dollars (sic) in military funding; $716 billion next year.
*  NATO allies are spending $69 billion dollars (sic) more on defense since 2016.
*  Process has begun to make the Space Force the 6th branch of the armed forces.
*  Confirmed more circuit court judges than any other new administration.
*  Confirmed Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch; Nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
*  Withdrew from the horrible, one-sided Iran Deal.
*  Moved U. S. Embassy to Jerusalem.
*  Protecting Americans from terrorists with the Travel Ban, upheld by Supreme Court.
*  Issued executive order to keep open Guantanamo Bay.
*  Concluded an historic U.S.-Mexico Trade Deal to replace NAFTA. And negotiations with Canada are underway as we speak.
*  Reached a breakthrough agreement with the EU to increase U.S. exports.
*  Imposed tariffs on foreign Steel & Aluminum to protect our national security.
*  Imposed tariffs on China in response to china's forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and their chronically abusive trade practices.
*  Net exports are on track to increase by $59 billion dollars (sic) this year.
*  Improved vetting & screening for refugees, and switched focus to overseas resettlement.
*  We have begun BUILDING THE WALL. Republicans want STRONG BORDERS and NO CRIME. Democrats want OPEN BORDERS which equals MASSIVE CRIME.

(This is me again - I can't believe that someone allowed this out with the dollar sign in front of the numbers and followed by the word dollars again....  That's the reason for the "sic" notations.)