Obviously the U.S, has experienced ten years of recover from a very deep recession that, had not extraordinary measures been taken, could have easily become another great depression. What you see in the first few months of the Trump Presidency is the inertia of a huge economy plowing forward. On top of that have been piled a rush of orders for U.S. goods to beat the implementation of Trump Tariffs announced according to the whim of an unstable President who tweets policy without having thought it through or consulted with experts; policy which of course will have to be be largely reversed or ameliorated. In the third quarter, we can expect to return to a more normal economic growth pattern of 2.8 to 3.2 percent for an economy under full employment .
The ship of state of a great nation has equally great momentum and no President by him or herself , no matter how mentally unstable, can affect this momentum in brief time. The next President, however, will have to deal with the mess created by the Chaotic Trump Presidency. Mr. Trump suffers from a dangerous personality disorder. He has severe narcissism possibly linked to sociopathic tendencies! He is dysfunctional, and the Congress is dysfunctional. The country is endangered by internal forces, and we are therefore, and at the same time, more vulnerable than would ordinarily be the case to external attack. We are under cyber attack from Russia while we are suffering a lack of leadership necessary to deal with it. This is a dangerous period for the Republic. The risks ought not to be taken lightly.