post hoc - proclaiming that because something occurred after X, it was caused by X, when no causal relationship at all may exist. : Taking credit for the low unemployment rate after 10 months, when the rate had been falling for 7 consecutive years, before he took office.[6]
post hoc - proclaiming that because something occurred after X, it was caused by X, when no causal relationship at all may exist. : Taking the credit for defeating ISIS, when the military strategy used was largely inherited from the Obama administration.[2]
post hoc - proclaiming that because something occurred after X, it was caused by X, when no causal relationship at all may exist. : Taking the credit for African American economic advances that were already well underway in the final years of Obama's tenure.[2]