text:  For the president, he was trying to spin inflation and what he has tried to do to get a handle on that by saying, look, I started with a bad hand. I took over a mess, I think was the word he used, when I came into office that he left me. And, you know, it's a hard thing for this administration to try and convince Americans right now that what they have been doing on the economy is working. Even though when you talk to economists, they'll say there are certain indicators that say things are strong.