> Germany is doing very nicely when it comes to GDP, balance of trade, making progress on renewables and plenty of other metrics. The USA? Don't they just print

> Germany is doing very nicely when it comes to GDP, balance of trade, making progress on renewables and plenty of other metrics. The USA? Don't they just print money? The United States owns the tech industry. There's nowhere in the world comparable to Silicon Valley. I'm not familiar with other industries so YMMV there. > In terms of innovation, I don't see American goods as anywhere near as polished as their German counterparts. What about Boeing? Apple? Intel? AMD? NVIDIA? Tesla? SpaceX? From my perspective as a Canadian, the United States makes some of the best stuff in the world. > I would take the lowest spec. German car over any American car in current production without hesitation. The same applies to white goods and even cakes! I'd take a Tesla over any car in production period.