You have that right - for last 8 years stagnation and failure have been sold as the “new normal”.
High unemployment was the new normal . . . until those without jobs dropped out of the workforce.
High gas prices were the new normal . . . until fracking increase the supply to where prices dropped.
The only real “new normal” was the media making excuses for White House failures, and even that will come to an end effective January 20, 2017, when freedom is restored.