The economic story of America for the past several decades has been one of increasing overall economic growth, accompanied by a hollowed-out industrial core and a constantly struggling middle class.
President Donald Trump, however, is emerging as an antidote — if not the antidote — to the quasi-intentional emaciating of everyday Americans’ economic lives.
Trump has overseen the very first increases in real wages for hourly workers since Richard Nixon — now almost 60 years ago.
“Blue-collar workers have seen real wages grow almost two percent in the first five months of President Trump’s second term — a stark contrast from the negative wage growth seen during the first five months of the Biden Administration,” a fact sheet from the White House noted.
