> Meanwhile Europe has been in freefall for a decade and nobody here seems to notice.

We all have different values that matter. Europeans (for better or worse) tend to prefer stability, probably because of past experiences, over oligarchy and free capitalism, while the US is almost the exact opposite.

So both parties look at the other and see "freefall decline for decades", both being smug about the other being worse, while we in reality care about different things.