His tax cuts, coupled with loosening energy regulations, led to a great deal more buying power for US consumers. Gasoline, heating oil, coal (clean) for electricity generation have the US a net exporter of energy for the first time in decades. Energy costs plummeted, putting more $ in consumer pockets.

That drove the economy to new heights. The US Unemployment rate was at all-time lows prior to the pandemic. Even now, it are already back into the 'marginally acceptable' range at 6.9%.