The American economy grew 1.5% last quarter, which the New York Times says is “slowing,” even though growing literally means it got bigger.

The main problem is Iran’s stupid war making oil, gas, groceries, and plane tickets more expensive.

US economy grew less than expected at 1.5% rate in second quarter https://t.co/BTc1DrJaHz

— Financial Times (@FT) July 30, 2026

So basically, America is still moving forward while Iran stands in the road throwing flaming garbage cans at everybody.

Consumers are still spending money, businesses are still investing, and companies are dumping billions into artificial intelligence because apparently every toaster needs a robot brain now.

Some economists are worried about Trump’s tariffs too. Economists are always worried. That is their main hobby besides owning calculators and predicting recessions that do not happen.

Inflation is still too high at 3.7%, so the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates. This means borrowing money could become more expensive because a group of banking nerds looked at several charts and became frightened.

Meanwhile, American companies are making huge profits, stocks are up, jobs are still being added, and business investment grew strongly.

The biggest boom is artificial intelligence, with companies expected to spend around $765 billion building giant data centers full of chips, cables, and fans.

That is awesome, although we apparently import a bunch of the parts, which makes the GDP math look worse.

Easy solution: build the parts in America.

So yes, growth slowed a little.

But America is still growing while fighting inflation, dealing with Iran, building robot supercomputers, and carrying half the world economy on its back.

Economists call it failure, but it’s actually America playing on hard mode.