The Damage and Danger of Trump’s Sugar-High Economy

Trump continues to mislead Americans about the real effect of his economic policies. commons.wikimedia.org

In his State of the Union address earlier this month, President Trump celebrated the putative success of the economy he claims to have built, doing so in historic terms: “I am thrilled to report to you tonight that our economy is the best it has ever been,” he boasted.

And yet, at the same time, budget deficits and the national debt continue to surge, revealing that Trump’s…