It’s true, but is there anything better to invest in within the U.S. right now?

The homeless family sleeping behind the Dollar General. You should put your money there.

Rebuilding rural America would net more practical benefits for American citizens than bailing out failed tech companies.

Yeah, that’s why this bubble popping scares me so much. AI industry spending is propping up the US economy to a degree that is really frightening.

The U.S. doesn’t really make anything

Actually the U.S. makes a lot of stuff. Amongst other things the U.S. accounts for somewhere around 40% of the global food & beverage market.

https://www.nist.gov/el/applied-economics-office/manufacturing/manufacturing-economy/total-us-manufacturing

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/food-beverages-market-size-reach-133000592.html?

is there anything better to invest in within the U.S. right now?

Defensive stocks like energy, utilities and pharmaceuticals. But I would hold for the moment. Even JP Morgan CEO told people to divest from US.

Not a financial advice but something to consider is investing in gold and silver and companies outside of US. Japan, China and Europe are increasingly seen as safer investments (but China at the moment is having an economic downturn). If you want some growth and security to protect your cash if there is a down turn, you could buy bonds.

Mortgage real estate interest trusts?