The 3.2% economic growth rate for the first quarter, reported as the "advanced estimate" by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on Friday, caught everyone by surprise.  During both the George W. Bush and Obama administrations, the average quarterly economic growth rate was only 1.9% per year.  But during the nine quarters that Trump has been president, the economic growth rate has averaged 2.8% per year, almost a full percentage point higher. Anybody who wants to know how the American economy would look today if someone espousing policies like Obama's were still president only need peek over our northern border.  Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau stayed in Obama's Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement and in Obama's Paris Climate Accord, despite Trump pulling the U.S. out of both agreements.  How has Canada been doing?  Just 1.6% GDP growth over the latest year and 0.1% growth during...(Read Full Post)