After years of Biden-made economic misery — soaring prices, shrinking paychecks, and record-high gas costs — the Trump White House says the country is finally turning a corner. And the numbers aren’t just good; they’re blowing expectations out of the water.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt highlighted the blockbuster September jobs report, which delivered 119,000 new jobs — more than double the forecast of 50,000. In Washington math, that’s what normal people call “significant progress.”
Leavitt credited the surge to President Trump’s historic tax cuts and a wave of major trade deals passed this summer. Construction alone added 19,000 jobs, the biggest monthly jump in a year.
Even better: most of the growth came from native-born American workers and the private sector, not foreign-born labor. In other words, the exact opposite of Biden’s three-year “import workers, crush wages” strategy.
Leavitt didn’t hesitate to draw the contrast:
“Inflation remains under control, and wages are up 3.8% over the year because of President Trump’s pro-growth policies.”
Real wages, she added, are on pace to rise $1,200 for the average worker in 2025 — something Biden never came close to delivering.
Vice President JD Vance echoed the message during a Breitbart News event, calling the report “huge” and saying it proves Trump’s economic agenda is working exactly as designed. Vance noted that workers actually lost $3,000 in take-home pay under Biden, while in the first ten months of Trump’s return, Americans have gained roughly $1,200.
Vance also underscored that Trump’s job growth overwhelmingly benefits Americans, not foreign workers:
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Under Biden, “almost all net job creation” went to the foreign-born.
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Many were illegal immigrants, meaning jobs were going to people who “shouldn’t have been in our country.”
Sen. Bernie Moreno backed up those concerns, warning that Biden’s aggressive importation of foreign labor did real damage to the American workforce — damage that cannot be reversed overnight. He urged Republicans to act with “urgency.”
And despite all the mess Biden left behind, the Trump administration is already celebrating major wins in the fight to bring affordability back to American families:
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Gas prices are falling after hitting record highs under Biden.
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Mortgage rates are dipping.
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Inflation is coming down.
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Take-home pay is rising.
None of that even includes Trump’s new trade deals and the historic investments his administration secured this year.
The bottom line?
After years of economic punishment under Biden, the Trump economy is roaring back — jobs are up, wages are rising, inflation is cooling, and Americans are finally keeping more of what they earn.
And this is only the beginning.