Not sure why this is relevant, but if by trend you mean higher growth, then over half of countries in the world had larger growth in 2018-2019 [1]. US (growth

Not sure why this is relevant, but if by trend you mean higher growth, then over half of countries in the world had larger growth in 2018-2019 [1]. US (growth 2.2%) is 119th out of 202 countries, with Timor-Leste at 19.5% at the top. Lots of big countries also outgrew the US over this period: Vietnam 7%, China 5.9, Ireland 4.9%, Poland, Hungary, India, Israel, UAE, Luxembourg, Ukraine, Latvia, Peru..... It's not like the US was anything special for growth. Did you think the US was the country with the best growth? Or even near the top? [1] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG?end=2019&name_desc=false&start=2018 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG?end=2...