Ahead of the State of the Union, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took to the upper chamber’s floor to credit a strong economy to the president — President Barack Obama, that is.

“ President Trump was handed an already healthy economy by his predecessor. Like many things in his life, he inherited the healthy economy. Here are two words we won’t hear President Trump say tonight about the economy — ‘Thanks Obama’ — because much of the growth in 2017 was created by President Obama’s policies, and by many measures the growth under President Obama was better than under President Trump. ” — Sen. Schumer

Trump in recent days was having none of that, taking credit in particular for strong business and consumer confidence, low unemployment and record highs in the stock market.