It absolutely does depend on the factors that NBER has always looked at to judge recessions, like employment.

> No one would be making this argument if it had happened while Trump was in office.

That's a nonfalsifiable statement that does nothing but show your own political bias.

It's political bias to notice that people behave politically?

Is it political bias to notice Republicans complain about the deficit when Democrats are in power or is it only political bias to notice that that Democrats complain about the deficit when Republicans are in power ?