While the corporate media has fixated on recent stock market declines as evidence that President Donald Trump’s economic agenda is failing, the press has largely ignored the host of other indicators that the economy is on strong footing and poised to boom in the months and years ahead.
A recent New York Times article titled “Trump’s Policies Have Shaken a Once-Solid Economic Outlook” is indicative of the doom-and-gloom rhetoric now popular among mainstream outlets. The Economist has been even more aggressively partisan, running the headline, “Donald Trump’s economic delusions are already hurting America.”
One wonders when, exactly, the Times believes the country’s economic outlook was last considered “solid.” Recession fears plagued Joe Biden’s entire presidency, small business optimism plummeted, and 20 percent cumulative inflation decimated the household finances of tens of millions of Americans. Voters consistently said “the economy” was their top concern throughout last year’s campaign.
There is no denying that Trump inherited an economy in a severe state of decline from his predecessor. In this respect, what he has accomplished so far is nothing short of extraordinary.
On the single biggest economic issue of Biden’s term, inflation, Trump has already seen some noteworthy successes. Inflation slowed in February for the first time since last September to 2.8 percent, beating expectations. As White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt pointed out, airfares in particular saw a sharp drop, decreasing four percent from January. On March 13, gas prices also hit a four-year low.
Egg prices, which Democrats have sought to hammer the Trump administration over, have fallen as well, with wholesale prices now roughly half of what they were just one month ago. As AMAC Newsline previously reported, the spike in prices earlier this year was largely due to the mass culling of chickens under the Biden administration as a result of multiple bird flu outbreaks.
Mortgage rates are also coming down, last month dipping to their lowest levels since December. After a slow start to the year, experts predict that the housing market could heat up in March. That could be more good news for owners looking to find a new house or first-time buyers who have been waiting for a good time to enter the market.
Since returning to office, Trump has also embarked on a program of targeted deregulation to save Americans money. According to government data, regulatory cuts so far have saved a family of four $2,100. The rollback of Biden-era automobile regulations alone is expected to save consumers a total of $1.13 trillion.
But perhaps the clearest early sign of the success of Trump’s economic policies has been the flood of companies looking to invest in the United States – a phenomenon that has proven critics of his tariff policies dead wrong.
“Thanks to our America First policies, we’ve had $1.7 trillion of new investment in America in just the past few weeks,” Trump said in his recent address to a joint session of Congress.
Indeed, according to a White House press release, in just the first few weeks of Trump’s second term, “Apple announced a historic $500 billion investment, which will create 20,000 new U.S.-based jobs,” and “GE Aerospace announced a $1 billion investment in its manufacturing operations across 16 states — creating 5,000 new jobs.”
“Meanwhile,” the press release added, “to avoid tariffs, electronics giants Samsung and LG ‘are considering moving their plants in Mexico to the U.S.,’ Hyundai Motor is planning to ‘localize production in the U.S,’ Nissan is considering moving production from Mexico to the U.S., and Honda is expected to produce its next-generation Civic hybrid model in Indiana — among many other international companies contemplating such a move.”
On his second day in office, Trump also announced the largest artificial intelligence infrastructure project in history, with tech firms OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle investing up to $500 million in the United States. This investment will create as many as 100,000 American jobs while also putting the United States on better footing to compete with China in the AI race.
American manufacturing has also seen a resurgence. Taiwanese company TSMC has announced a $100 billion investment in semiconductor chip manufacturing, Diageo North America is spending $415 million on a new manufacturing facility in Alabama, and Saica Group plans to build a $110 million facility in Indiana.
Stellantis, which owns Jeep, Chrysler, and Dodge, will hire 1,500 employees as part of a $5 billion investment in its Belvidere, Illinois assembly plant. Pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. plans to invest $8 billion in the United States over the next several years and just opened a $1 billion facility in North Carolina. DAMAC Properties has committed to investing $20 billion in the United States to build data centers.
Despite the corporate media’s unwillingness to acknowledge these major successes, the American people appear to be taking notice. A recent NBC News poll found that 44 percent of respondents believe the country is headed in the right direction – up from 27 percent in January, and the highest number in that poll since 2012.
From historic investments in manufacturing and technology to declining inflation and job creation, the early signs of Trump’s second-term economic policies speak for themselves.
Kamden Mulder is a senior at Hillsdale College pursuing a degree in American Studies and Journalism. You can follow her on X @kamdenmulder_.
It’s hard to argue with a 2.8% inflation rate and a 4.1% unemployment rate. A random event such as bird flu temporarily raises the price of eggs but it is not a indicator of a weak economy.
A stock market correction is common after a long bull run. If nothing else, treat it as a long-term buying opportunity.
Let’s give the economy at least six more months before we proclaim how good or bad it is.
As usual, MSM is blaming the current state of the economy on Pres. Trump and company while FAILING to acknowledge the real culprit of the problem on the past Biden administration and its reckless government spending spree the past 4 years. MSM, as usual, misleading the public with its FALSE RHETORIC. Wake up before it’s too late.
The economic boom we will see under Pres. Trump will be a big surprise to all because he is actually growing our economy , not from borrowing but by boosting our domestic production & inviting foreign investors to manufacture here, thereby boosting employment and domestic growth. It is so refreshing to have a businessman who majored in ECONOMICS to lead our country to it’s Economic growth. Thank you Lord for saving Pres. Trump.to save us from our domestic enemies and the Globalists, their puppeteer.
Am I to believe that members of the liberal Pravda media never went shopping for groceries during Joebama‘s occupancy in the White House? And am I also to believe that every member of the lamestream media owned an electric vehicle and never had to stop by the gas station to fill up? What I certainly do believe is that the production managers in these lying media outlets told their talking heads to shut up until DJT took over the presidency, then blame him for the price of eggs.
Way to go Hillsdale
It’s gonna take some time people. Biden had 4 years to screw things up.
Promoters of the status quo were substantially outnumbered in the 2024 election.
But they have not changed their views (and maybe they never will).
Good results are all most Americans want.
The democrats don’t care how well the country is doing. They go through the courts and bribed judges will destroy everything Trump is doing to make America Great Again. They love to see America destroyed. Trump is making America prosperous again. In 60 days the economy is improving on the road to prosperity. The dems hate that. That’s why so many court cases brought to obstruct Trump at every turn. They have hatred for everyone that voted for Trump. They hate Elon Musk for saving our country from waste and fraud and most of all abuse and criminal theft of taxpayer money going to illegitimate organizations and individuals. Only the dems are okay with that. They want America destroyed. Be careful and support president Trump or we will morph into a Europe where they are planning to take every citizens saving for a defense budget and billions more for keeping the war going in the Ukraine. We the people are being dumbed down and made poor every day these left progressives are allowed their tactics to continue and their plan to. eliminate the presidency and at the same time our constitution. Speak up republicans, independents and democrats that have love for this country. Before it is too late.
I’m sure the reduction in retail sales has/had an effect on the stock market since illegal aliens aren’t getting taxpayer money to spend at the register at taxpayer expense. Also without the Green Subsidies fewer are buying solar panels and electric vehicles. With the EO on what appliances had to be bought/replaced being shut down, that had to reduce consumer spending along with the reduction in fuel prices. Long story short, good days are ahead. When President Trump and Elon Musk get through pin pointing waste, fraud and corruption in the Federal Government and reducing the bureaucratic alphabet agencies, the ones they don’t abolish, we will be on a very strong upswing. I don’t look at the economy being even considered a factor until at least Christmas.
It has taken Obama’s admin and so called Biden admin. to get us where we are, not a whisper from the media or any other left leaning outfit and now they expect Trump to wave magic wand and correct what took diligent 8 years? After having their head buried in lets say sand for so long and only tail wagging? Spineless, brainless .Desperate. Go Trump, show them how it’s done, that is the trouble, not done “democratic” style.
There are so many good things mentioned in this article, and all of them are true. But half of the country won’t know that, because that’s not what the media will say. The fed had it’s meeting and held interest rates steady, which they should. This is what happened on March 19, 2025…
Fed officials now see inflation staying higher this year than previously estimated and economic growth going lower than prior predictions.
And the US economy is now projected to grow at an annualized pace of 1.7% instead of 2.1%. The unemployment rate is seen edging up to 4.4% from 4.3% previously stated.
“There are so many things we don’t know,” Fed Chair Jerome Powell said at a press conference Wednesday, and “uncertainty is remarkably high.”
THIS is what the media will focus on, folks. Don’t believe for a minute that they don’t still reach half of the people in the country. And don’t believe that the democrat party is dead… It is not! They are re-tooling and the lies are bigger and better than ever. But this is what people will focus on, and if it doesn’t change now, we will lose the mid terms. Then it’s done.
The Communist Dems and their Pravda State Run Media Demons all believe in one thing, “America is Racist and deserves to fail and be last.” They will destroy themselves because they have abandoned God. The Bible says that “Evil will destroy itself,” just read the Psalms. They are destroying themselves and want to to America down with them. Their savior is Satan. They will all spend Eternity with him unless they return to God.
Mankind has always been at war with evil from the beginning of time. Nothing has changed. Pray for these lost souls who has chosen Power, Wealth and Control in this passing world which was created by God not Satan. At the end of Time he knows where he will spend Eternity and he wants to take all of Humanity with him. God wins in the end.
Ya gotta love The Donald.
Reject the purveyors of doom and gloom, they have ridden the high point in the past Biden years and it has nearly doomed the country. They continue in this vein and it is false and seeks to label themselves as the future of good. A lie, proven by decades of their juvenile antics, the same yelling, swearing, and false antics, and slogans of doom, and all manner of insane accusations.
So, what is the marker? It is a mirror of the Presidents first term in Office, progress, improvement in every direction of the country. What matters most, the citizens of this Country who are fed up, angry, nervous, and rejecting the same old faces of naysayers whose harp is disgusting and based on a pack of lies.
We voted for President Trump in record numbers, born of truth, and tired of the wrong people pretending to be right. The people win and they are expressing that. So support the President, give the time needed for four years of crushing negativity to be overcome. The outcomes will be positive!!
Now if we can get the MSM to learn some Ethics and Integrity so they can report the real news, maybe America will find out that Trump isn’t the evil idiot the Dems say he is.
Egg prices in Walterboro, S.C. are still about $.50 per egg. They haven’t gone down that I can see but I like eggs and am willing to pay that price for them. Having come from Washington State where gas was about $5.00 per gallon (highly taxed by Jay Inslee’s global warming initiatives) the gas here in S.C. has been about $2.69 a gallon. It hasn’t gone down either but at least the cost isn’t crazy.
I remember when mortgage interest rates were at 15% and when we had to wait an hour in line to get gas. I survived that and I’m sure I’ll survive this. At least, what I am looking at now with President Trump in office is that there is an end in sight.
Mr. Trump and his want to make a North American Empire since I was born in America I support him. The other side incompetent and economically ignorant to say the LEAST. These demonstraters will hurt America. Their higher ups really don’t care about America. They want to make America weak and blend in with world. You think they could demonstrate in China or Russia like this? Don’t they realize they live here too? That unconscious leader that they had made America loose all respect. Mr. Trump has created great accomplishments. The road ahead is still challenging. God Bless them all and you too!
Just like turning a large ship, it takes more than few months to turn around the economy of a country.
I have to LOL every time the lame stream media demands to know what Trump is doing about the high price of eggs. Or the bleating about the stock market correction. But you will never hear from them about all of the new investment that has already begun during the first three months of this administration. Thanks for producing this fact based article.
This remains a case of being patient and not becoming one of those scared rabbits the left wants you to be. The mess we have is so complicated and convoluted there is no quick fix. While most Americans live in a microwave age, expecting instant outcomes, like that three minute egg in twelve seconds….time is the one thing that will make the greatest impact. It took time for this mess to form, and it will take time for it to be unwraveled an set on the right path…so, don’t listen to the leftist media, and chill out a little. Give the administration a chance, they will turn things around if allowed the time. Let’s try to be together in this and show some patience…..nothing good happens if you panic and go off the deep end. My take alone.
Progressives focus and dwell only on negativity because bad news sells and bad news allows government agencies to gain more control over citizens. President Trump does not want to control US. That is made very clear with his efforts to reduce government regulations.
What we need to keep doing is to keep getting out the good news while at the same time acknowledging where we need to focus to get better. We need to always keep in mind that we sometimes to need to go downhill a bit to gain the momentum to go back up and make it over the next hump.