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Hello and welcome to more or less on the BBC World Service.

I'm Phoebe Keene. At a press conference when most

journalists were focusing on President Donald Trump's comments about the

violence in Charlottesville, he was keen to talk about things that are going

great.

I've created over a million jobs since I'm president.

The country is booming. The stock market is setting records.

We have the highest employment numbers we've ever had in the history of our country.

And that's not the first time he's made such claims.

He regularly attributes the success of the economy to himself.

But has it really seen a Trump bump?

Let's take a look at some of his claims.

First up, job creation.

In the past seven months, we've made enormous gains in getting Americans back to work.

Look at all the jobs that are coming in.

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