The Decline of the United States?

Mr. Schick told us to write about how the US is declining or not, and I believe that it is not declining. People may say that the United States is getting worse since Trump was elected, but he has done some good things. The stock market has flourished under his presidency, and more jobs have been created. The real estate market crash of 2008 was terrible, but we got through it, and we can get through anything if we try hard enough. I don't know where the notion that the US was declining came from, but I suppose people probably said this during every presidency. The United States has been a powerhouse for a long time and even if we aren't at the top of the charts in economics we'll still live on. No matter how hard of a decline we face we will come back and the reason for that is our spirit. Nothing can crush the American spirit. Even if the country is invaded or destroyed the American way of life will live in each and every one of us.