Trump says the economy is a 'mess' -- here's the truth about Obama's economic legacy

Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Image via AP President Donald Trump has been trashing the economy and his predecessor's legacy lately. For example, in his free-wheeling Feb. 16 press conference, Trump said he "inherited a mess" from President Barack Obama. His newly minted Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin followed suit a week later by telling the Wall Street Journal that Obama's policies are to blame for the slower-than-normal growth the U.S. has experienced since the financial crisis in 2008. While you wou...