Interest rates where cut to zero in a desperate attempt to kick start an economy thanks to the policies of the previous administration. What Bush handed off to Obama was an economic crises that rivaled if not equaled the one Hoover handed off to Roosevelt . Obama inherited a national and global economy that was on the verge of total collapse that was in danger of driving asset values to zero levels. What Obama handed off to Trump was and it doesn't matter if you want to acknowledge it or not was an economy that had emerged from the worst crisis in decades was on it's way up and in far far better shape than the one inherited from Bush.and trump is dealing with rising interest rates and no QE, obama had 0 and QE