December 24, 2025
Ignore the 'MAGA' Influencers Demoralizing Trump's Base
By Joseph Ford Cotto
President Trump’s Dec. 17 primetime economic address was not a performance review for pundits.
It was a status report for a country that had been told, repeatedly, that recovery was impossible, decline was inevitable, and stagnation was the new normal. What Trump delivered was a factual accounting of promises made and promises kept. These were paired with a forward-looking case about why the American economy is positioned for something far bigger still.
After 11 months in office, Trump declared that inflation had been stopped, wages were rising, prices were falling, the border was secure, and the country had regained strength and respect abroad. Those claims were not abstract talking points. They were the core of his political identity going back nearly a decade, now framed as outcomes rather than aspirations.
This matters, because economic credibility is not built through vibes or viral clips. It’s built through results that show up in household budgets, job markets, and national confidence. Trump’s argument was straightforward. The chaos he inherited from Biden-Harris placed America’s economy on the brink of ruin. The recovery underway is the product of deliberate choices that prioritize American workers over global abstractions.
One of the most underappreciated points in the speech was migration.
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