President Donald Trump is acting boldy because the Biden administration left him with “enormous messes” and “it’s not going to be easy” to clean them up, Sen. Ron Johnson said Sunday when asked about the potential of a recession.

“I’m old enough to remember when Ronald Reagan took office and inflation was completely out of control,” the Wisconsin Republican said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “He and Paul Volcker had to take some pretty bold and swift actions to tame inflation. That included a pretty severe recession, but that’s what it took.”

Trump, he added, inherited “enormous messes across the spectrum,” including an open border, 40-year-high inflation, and “endless wars.” 

Read more at Newsmax© 2025 Newsmax. All rights reserved.