We were told that the idea a rogue ICC prosecutor would ever go after Americans was ridiculous. That the court would focus on grievous human-rights abuses by the world's tyrants. That was a lie.
That's "quantitative easing," a policy some described as ruinous that nonetheless reversed the largest-ever plunge in U.S. gross domestic product and sowed the seeds of the ensuing 105-month expansion.
Attitudes in America, it seems, have changed. The Chinese people will stand firm against U.S. bullying over trade, but cooperation, not confrontation, remains the best path.
Business investment has strengthened under him, continuing a trend. But it's too early to gauge the long-term effects of the 2017 tax law, from either the boost it offers or the debt that finances it.
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