president trump said multiple times today when he took office he inherited a mess. >> i inherited a mess. it's a mess. at home and abroad. a mess. jobs are pouring out of the country. you see what's going on with all of the companies leaving our country going to mexico and other places. low pay, low pages, mass instability overseas no matter where you look. the middle east a disaster, north korea, we'll take care of it, folks, we'll take care of it all. i just want to let you know, i inherited a mess. >> keeping them honest. let's look at the numbers on the economy. what president trump inherited versus what president obama inherited. in the month before president obama took office unemployment was 7.3% complained to 4.7 and after 524,000 jobs were lost