[Uncle Miltie]

“American think tanks have freely offered estimates ranging from 2% to 4% (which, admittedly, would still put China well ahead of the US).”

False.

“U.S. economy to grow 2.7 percent in 2018, boosted by Trump tax overhaul”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/01/22/u-s-economy-to-grow-nearly-3-percent-in-2018-because-of-trump-tax-cuts-imf-says/?utm_term=.c9d11ee07a1f

[SeekAndFind]

Actually, the GDP for the USA in 2018 was 2.9% unrevised.