Former Council of Economic Advisers acting chair Tomas Philipson told Fox Report that real wages and GDP are finally moving in the right direction — a welcome rebuke to the doom-and-gloom narrative the left tried to sell Americans for years. Philipson’s praise ahead of President Trump’s Davos address was not the empty spin of partisan operatives but the frank assessment of an economist who’s seen the data.
President Trump’s trip to Davos and his message to the world underline a simple truth: America’s comeback is a policy choice, not a miracle. The White House has been clear that Trump will use the World Economic Forum stage to sell pro-growth, pro-worker reforms that put American industry and families first.
Let’s be blunt — after years of record inflation and stagnant pay under the previous administration, everyday families were squeezed and confidence cratered. Philipson’s comments that real wages and GDP are improving are vindication for the deregulatory, pro-jobs agenda this administration has pursued, and proof that restoring common-sense economic policy actually helps working Americans.
Conservative leaders have long warned that the economy was “very sick” after the failures of the Biden years, and Main Street’s mood was rightly grim until real, common-sense fixes began to take hold. Business owners and entrepreneurs have told Fox Business the same story — that the country needs bold medicine to cure the damage of high taxes, runaway spending, and woke corporate mandates.
President Trump’s pitch at Davos is unapologetically populist because it has to be: when you restore energy dominance, slash needless red tape, and demand fair trade, you unleash American workers and manufacturers to compete again. That message is resonating with global investors and domestic employers alike, who are tired of elites lecturing them while their paychecks shrink.
To the hardworking Americans who bore the brunt of the last administration’s mistakes: this is your recovery. It won’t be handed to you by bureaucrats or by Washington’s coastal elites; it will be delivered by policies that reward work, strengthen families, and defend the American dream from the radical economic experiments of the left.
We should celebrate wins like the ones Philipson highlighted, but stay vigilant — the recovery will only stick if Washington resists the siren call of big spending and ideological experiments. Keep pressure on leaders to keep taxes low, slash needless regulations, and put American workers first, because when America is strong, the world is better off for it.

