Barack Obama: “I then handed over 75 straight months of job growth to…”

“I had spent the previous eight years cleaning up the mess the Republicans had left me. Financial crisis, Great recession, the auto industry flat on its back. And after those eight years, I then handed over 75 straight months of job growth to Donald Trump. And all he did was give a tax cut to people who didn't need it. Drove up the deficit in the process. Now he wants to do it all over again.” (16:50–16:57)

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