If the debt is driven up in the name of economic growth, do we give Trump credit for the growth?...or blame him for the deficit spending?...or both? Same questions for Congress.
The answer in real life (as to who we give credit or blame) seems to be we give credit to the people we like, and blame to the people we don't, and then things move on without any changes.
In actuality, both Congress and president bear both credit and blame for both debt and economic growth. But, I do think Congress bears more blame for debt, since that is their constitutional mandate. And, I think Trump bears some credit for rolling back regulations and other administrative/executive branch bars to economic growth...which he did without increasing debt. And, I'm happy to give Congress some credit for "the unpaid for tax cut which is the main driver of the short term growth." I don't know that that is the main driver of the short term growth, but I'm happy to give Congress "credit" for that...or should it be blame?