Trump is not good for the U.S. economy.

a.) Because he was elected.

b.) Because most of the criticism is not justified.

c.) Because your choice was even worse.

Also, no one is trying to shout the other side down

Gimme a break! This site resides somewhere between a Prius bumper sticker (Fritz)and an ANTIFA riot (xCon). Still, I love the way liberals turn all lucid when they get schooled.

Do you think she would have started a trade war, created a tax break only for the wealthy, met with Putin in private and threatened to overturn welcome established legal precedent?

just like you sir are bothered by liberals. See how it works? neener neener neener. That is the level of your discourse.

I hate Prius people!

I'm a tree-hugging, gun-toting, Eisenhower Republican.

overturn bedrock decisions such as Citizens United

All I do is point out the inconsistencies and hypocrisy of liberals who, for whatever reason, feel compelled to rant here ad nauseam.

Now, when you call an entire group of people idiots, morons, imbeciles, etc.--as liberals here are fond of doing--and claim intellectual superiority even as you ignore the most basic elements of the Style Guide (choose your favorite), well, that opens up a whole new set of problems IMO.

"Donald Trump lifted the Dow Jones industrial average in his first year in office more than any other president since Franklin Roosevelt.

The Dow has surged more than 31 percent since Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017. That marks the index's best performance during a president's first year since Roosevelt."

Trump should deploy marines in sanctuary cities and arrest all the politicians the are interfering in immigration law.

That's going to increase U.S. wages when the scofflaws start to head south.

Even the crankiest of Democrats will have to admit that 4.1% GDP growth is good news. Faster growth is a tonic for much of what ails this country — it can help reduce the budget deficit (that is, if Republicans ever stop cutting taxes), shore up Social Security and Medicare, narrow income inequality and expand opportunity. It’s all good!

But here are a few other GDP numbers worth remembering: 4.6%, 4.9% and 5.1%. Those were the growth rates notched during President Obama’s tenure (in late 2011, the third quarter of 2014 and the second quarter of 2014, respectively). And no one’s celebrating how great the economy was in the Obama years.

Faster growth is a tonic for much of what ails this country

Trump suggests economy could grow at 8 or 9 percent if he cuts the trade deficit
President Donald Trump told talk show host Sean Hannity that he could imagine the economy growing at eight or nine percent on Friday — just hours after the Bureau of Economic Analysis showed that the GDP rose 4.1 percent in the second quarter. The claim is far higher than economists predict.
The president said that the gains could come from cutting the nation's trade deficit "in half."
"I look forward to seeing next quarter … I think the 4.1 is just a stepping stone," Trump said.

Stripping out trade and inventory effects, final sales to domestic purchasers grew at a 3.9% annual rate, driven by a 4% increase in consumer spending. But these measures of underlying demand also might be slightly misleading as they reflect a catch-up from the first quarter. Final demand grew by 1.9% and consumer spending grew at an annual rate of just 0.5% in the first quarter, in part due to issues like harsh winter weather.

For now, the best thing to do is to look at the underlying trend in final demand. It is up 2.9% from a year earlier, which is better than the 2.4% this time last year, as well as the 2.3% rate it has averaged since the recession ended in 2009. That hardly counts as a boom, but it indicates the economy has gained a bit of momentum that ought to carry through the year.

Obama is the Gold Standard of Presidents