Actually, 2018 Was a Pretty Good Year | RealClearPolitics

Actually, 2018 Was a Pretty Good Year | RealClearPolitics
"The year 2018 will be deplored by pundits as a bad year of more unpredictable Donald Trump, headlined by wild stock market gyrations, the melodramas of the Robert Mueller inv
estigation and the musical-chair tenures of officials in the Trump administration.
...In truth, aside from the Washington hysterias, 2018 was a most successful year for Americans.
In December, the United States reached a staggering level of oil production, pumping some 11.6 million barrels per day.
For the first time since 1973, America is now the world's largest oil producer
...The American economy grew by 4.2 percent in the second quarter of 2018, and by 3.4 percent in the third quarter. American GDP is nearly $1.7 trillion larger than in January 2017, and nearly $8 trillion larger than the GDP of China...."