Continuing education & investment is slipping

When the economy is in trouble gold and silver shoot up. When inflation shoots up commodities shoot up. The stock market represents mostly the rich, not the large majority of Americans. These aren't the flex that you think they are

Employment is just fluctuating but simply being employed aint much of a flex either if the large majority of people can barely survive

See above

I'll give you the fact that anyone can get rich but that's the case no matter who's been president

I'd rather have broad based prosperity not just a select few pulling it off

Does Trump run the economy

According to the Constitution, Trump runs the Executive branch. That branch makes policy, which, among other things, can affect the economy. But this is the USA. Private industry runs the economy in a capitalist system. Okay? The Democrats currently want socialism, which aligns with mostly government control. Okay? That is why socialism fails, because it does not know how to create wealth, either by the government or by individual socialists. It uses other people's money, which eventually runs out,

broad based prosperity

That is still a matter of personal choice, and, yes, regardless of the president. It's just that some presidents, like Trump, like to release the private sector to invest how it wants to, without over-regulating the private sector

You would rather have broad based prosperity than prosperity by a select few who can achieve it right? Assuming thats the case why do you focus so much on outliers and rich people, why dont you focus on policies that promote broad based prosperity?

Did I say I was opposed to broad-based prosperity? No, I said some people, too many, who don't have the balls to create their own wealth on their own.

All im doing is observing how you approach things on here. I never see you promoting ideas or policies that are good for most people... your points are always about people pulling themselves up by their bootstraps. Less about society making sure everyone has adequate bootstraps to pull themselves up with

What are some policies that you support that would foster broad based prosperity?

You #9: I prefer individual effort, not collective. I've never expected total strangers to feel obligated on my personal behalf. I understand the need of collective infrastructure support, but that ought to be the end of government involvement in private lives. Government is too distant, particularly at a federal level, to deal with personal needs and wants welfare-wise, which Oba'acare, was, for example. A costly disaster. Medical care is more expensive than ever, so, a failed policy. I always thought it would be, our being the third most populated nation in the world. Sure, Western Europe thrives on social medicine, but which among them is even one-third our population?

As for your #10: only one: government is not the personal economic solution. Not ever. Personal ambition, planning, and execution is my policy. Worked for me. Worked for my Dad. Works for many others. Enough to know it really is the economic model that thrives.