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When he first became President, war with Japan was still going on.

After the war ended there was trouble in Korea which became a stalemate after China came in to help North Korea.

Destruction of Europe and Asia that needed to be rebuilt (under the Marshall Plan much of it was).

The Russians refused to withdraw their troops from Germany and Eastern Europe and stayed in Latvia , Estonia and Lithuania.

There were severe labor problems in the US Steel industry.

The US had to re-adjust to a peace-time economy and recover from the huge costs of WW II.

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