LP, this is not 2008-2016. What you describe happened then, not now. Coal mining, steel, and manufacturing are climbing after decades of decline. Retail is strong because people have wages that are growing faster than inflation for the first time in decades. That means that the middle class is growing for the first time in decades. You need to stop listening to the lying left-wing media.

Here is a little story about my home town. It is in rural Appalachia; most jobs revolve around farming, lumber, and coal mining. The Obama Administration clobbered the coal industry in my home town. Mines closed everywhere and a coal tipple that loaded train cars 24/7 went silent. Trump promised these people hope while Hillary promised to shut down all remaining coal mines. No surprise, everybody's front lawn sported a Trump sign. Trump kept his promise and the mines are reopening. When I was there two weeks ago, I could hear the coal trains rolling out of town again. I kept the window open during the night because it was a heart-warming sound. People have gone beck to work; and there is a new confidence and happiness in the air. I guarantee that my home town will be v****g solidly for Trump in 2020.

And here is a closing note about those topsy-turvy markets -- they exploded to the upside the morning after T***p w*n, and haven't slowed down. Here is a chart showing the last two years of the Obama Administration and the first two years of the Trump Administration.

What accomplishments.............exactly? No wall, no deal with China, no ratification of the new NAFTA, no new healthcare ( remember repeal and replace? ), a declining coal industry, a declining steel industry, declining manufacturing production, no term limits for Congress, retail plummeting, record number of family and corporate farms going bankrupt, wages still stagnant for the middle class, the markets so topsy-turvy it's causing seizures,

Sorry, my fingers have gone numb or I'd finish the dozens of failures left on the list.