I never realized that Barry got them out of the last one.   I've commented several times previous to trump even being a thought that the USA is still in recession territory. All the previous presidents ( Clinton, bush, obama) never solved any issues they just kicked the can down the road. There's no magic wand solution.  If you want to bring the USA into gains you must have pains. Obama created a large amount of bubbles. Us auto debt hit astronomical records as did student loan debt. Let me guess though that's trumps fault?