Opinion: Sorry, Democrats — the Trump economy is taking off

Yesterday’s CPI report, showing inflation of 2.7 percent — well below the expected 3.1 percent — was bad political news for Democrats. Since “Liberation Day” in April, when President Trump rolled out tariffs aimed at resetting global trade in favor of U.S. companies, the left and their media allies have warned voters that the White House’s actions would clobber our economy and set inflation soaring.

"It hasn’t happened. The tariffs have only modestly boosted prices. Instead, the Trump agenda of higher energy production, lower budget deficits and lighter regulation has brought inflation down. While inflation averaged 5 percent annually under former President Joe Biden, and in four years jumped by nearly 22 percent, as of November it is rising at 2.7 percent.

Would you remind me again who created the “affordability crisis?”

As inflation continues to recede from the lofty 9 percent level recorded under Biden, voters may realize just how much damage was done by Joe’s budget-busting big government spending.

Another narrative that is under fire is that Trump-backed AI is a gift to billionaires but is going to destroy U.S. employment, much like the trade pacts of the 1990s that sent jobs overseas. But two new studies counter that claim. As it turns out, AI is actually creating jobs for Americans.

In its year-end note to investors, investment firm Vanguard writes that AI is not responsible for slowing job growth. They point to data showing that “the approximately 100 occupations most exposed to AI automation are actually outperforming the rest of the labor market in terms of job growth and real wage increases.”

Accompanying graphs show hiring in AI-affected occupations growing at 1.7 percent during the two years mid-2023 to mid-2025, compared to only 1.0 percent pre-COVID, and compared to 0.8 percent for other kinds of jobs. Similarly, real wage growth for AI-involved hires is advancing at 3.8 percent, compared to 0.7 percent for other occupations."

I think Schumer’s government shutdown had another, if not its primary agenda; to deflate the economic progress in the 4th quarter to conceal Trump’s progress going into the new year.

Trump’s economic velocity during 2025 will be shown to be truly historic, as he works to right the economy Biden and his globalist cabal torpedoed.

If he can right the economy and get illegals and dead people off of our voter roles, we should be just fine in the midterms.

The Drive-By Media will lie about it all. The one thing that the Drive-By Media cannot do is change things like the price of gasoline. Every time middle America fills their tank, they experience the real Trump economy. Less expensive energy reverberates throughout the land.

ICE will continue to set things right, and every time the Left complains about ICE, middle America will breathe another sigh of relief that the illegal trespassers and invaders are sent packing.

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