The Trump Economic Boom the Media Refuses to Cover

There is a strange silence emanating from the major media outlets these days. While CNN fills airtime with poll numbers and Democratic talking points, while Reuters warns of political messaging problems, and while Bernie Sanders takes to cable news to question the president's sanity, a remarkable economic story is unfolding across the United States. It is a story of 5.6% GDP growth, $18 trillion in capital investment, record-breaking export deals, and real wage gains for American workers. It is the story of the Trump economy. And if you rely on legacy media for your news, you would barely know it exists.

A recent social media post put it bluntly: the media is ignoring Trump's economic success. The evidence suggests this is not paranoia but pattern. When the numbers are good, they are buried beneath polls and caveats. When the narrative is negative, it leads the broadcast. The conservative task is not merely to complain about this disparity but to document the reality that the progressive press prefers to suppress.

The Numbers They Won't Print

Let us begin with what we know. President Trump recently declared that the United States has entered what he calls the "Trump economy," citing fourth-quarter GDP growth estimated at 5.6% . This is not a fantasy pulled from a rally speech. The Atlanta Federal Reserve projected 5.4% growth for the same period, later revising to 4.2% still robust by any historical standard. Even the Congressional Budget Office, not exactly a cheerleader for this administration, projects 2.2% growth for 2026, with administration officials forecasting numbers in the 3-4% range . These are not recession numbers. These are growth numbers.

More striking is the investment picture. The president claims $18 trillion is currently flowing into the American economy . Factories are being built. Manufacturing facilities are under construction. Car plants are relocating from Canada, Mexico, Germany, and Japan to American soil. This is not abstract; it is concrete. It is steel going up, foundations being poured, jobs being created.

The International Trade Administration reports that in 2025 alone, American companies secured $244 billion in contracts with foreign buyers, supporting approximately 844,000 American jobs . These are not stimulus checks printed by the Treasury. These are real transactions, real exports, real value created and sold to the world. The Boeing deals alone widebody jets and GE Aerospace engines represent $215 billion in sales and support 765,000 American jobs across nearly every state . When the government facilitates American businesses winning global contracts, that is not propaganda. That is policy working.

Wages Rising, Inflation Cooling

The White House recently released data showing that core inflation is running at 2.4%, significantly lower than the 3% rate inherited from the previous administration . More importantly, wages are beating inflation. Real private sector weekly earnings are on track to rise 4% in Trump's first full year, putting approximately $1,100 back into the pockets of the average worker .

Blue-collar workers the backbone of American industry, the very people we are told are being left behind are seeing the most significant gains. Goods-producing workers are on track for a $1,300 annual raise. Construction workers: an extra $1,400. Manufacturing workers: $1,300 more in real earnings . These are not rounding errors. These are meaningful improvements in living standards for the people who build things, who work with their hands, who show up every day and expect their country to reward their effort.

The House Ways and Means Committee reports that the latest jobs numbers beat expectations, with 130,000 new positions created and unemployment falling . This is happening while Democratic mayors preside over retail theft epidemics and progressive district attorneys refuse to prosecute crime. The contrast could not be starker.

The Media's Selective Outrage

So why is this not the lead story? Because the media has decided that narrative is more important than news. CNN's Harry Enten recently went on air to declare the president's economic approval rating "absolutely atrocious," citing a 26-point swing from his first term . The segment focused on polling, not policy; on perception, not reality. The message was clear: do not trust your lying eyes; trust our numbers.

The Democratic National Committee published a screed titled "Trump Says He is 'Very Proud' of the Failing 'Trump Economy,'" claiming that families paid $2,120 more due to inflation and that job cuts in January were the highest since the Great Recession . These are selective statistics, cherry-picked to obscure the broader trend. They ignore wage growth, ignore investment, ignore the simple fact that when businesses build factories, people work in them.

Reuters warned that Trump's "messaging chaos" could drag down Republican midterm hopes, citing internal Republican concerns that the president spends too much time on immigration and foreign affairs . The implication is that the economy is not improving; the message is just poorly delivered. This is the media's favorite dodge: when things are good, change the subject to communication style.

Bernie Sanders, in a performance of predictable outrage, called the president "delusional" and "a pathological liar" for claiming economic success . He pointed to Americans living paycheck to paycheck, as if that condition were invented yesterday and not a perennial feature of working-class life that this administration is actively trying to address. The senator from Vermont, who has never created a private-sector job in his life, feels qualified to declare that job creation is a mirage.

What the CBO Actually Says

Even the Congressional Budget Office, which consistently lowballs Trump-era growth, concedes that the "One Big Beautiful Bill" extending tax cuts will boost consumer spending and private investment . Yes, the deficit is growing—$1.853 trillion projected for 2026 . This is presented as a scandal, as if deficit spending were invented by this administration and not a bipartisan habit stretching back decades. The Washington Times notes that government spending, not tax cuts, is the primary driver of deficits, with spending hitting 23.3% of GDP this year .

But here is what the deficit scolds never mention: tariffs are projected to reduce deficits by approximately $3 trillion over the budget window . Revenue is coming in. The problem is spending, and spending is a congressional responsibility. When the media blames Trump for deficits, they conveniently forget that Congress holds the purse strings and that both parties have shown zero interest in fiscal restraint.

The Uncomfortable Truth

The uncomfortable truth is that the American economy is performing remarkably well by any objective measure. Growth is up. Wages are up. Investment is pouring in. Exports are breaking records. Manufacturing is returning. And none of this fits the preferred narrative of a president who was supposed to crash the economy, start trade wars, and preside over catastrophe.

Instead, the catastrophe is happening in Democratic cities. The catastrophe is happening at the border. The catastrophe is happening in schools that cannot teach and streets that are not safe. The economy, by contrast, is the one place where the doom-mongers have been consistently wrong.

Conservatives should not expect gratitude from the media. We should not expect fair coverage or balanced analysis. What we should do is what the social media post suggested: keep repeating the truth. Keep documenting the numbers. Keep holding up the contrast between what the media reports and what Americans actually experience.

When your grocery bill is stable and your paycheck is growing, you do not need CNN to tell you the economy is failing. When factories are being built in your community and neighbors are finding work, you do not need Reuters to explain that the president's messaging is off. You know what you see. And what you see is a country that, despite every obstacle, every institutional opponent, and every media narrative, is quietly, steadily getting stronger.

The media may ignore it. The Democrats may deny it. Bernie Sanders may call it delusional. But the factories are still being built. The checks are still being cashed. The economy is still growing. And in November, Americans will remember who was rooting for failure and who was fighting for their future.

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