adminOn Wednesday’s American Agenda, former Rep. Anthony D’Esposito joined economic analyst Mitch Feierstein to deliver the kind of blunt, optimistic assessment the Biden administration’s cheerleaders don’t want Americans to hear. They praised clear signs of growth and investment under President Trump, pushing back on the nonstop Democrat doom-and-gloom narrative that has defined the last few years of cable news.
Feierstein didn’t mince words — he argued the priority for our country should be to attract capital and investment, telling viewers the obvious: bring as much money as possible into the United States to fuel jobs and prosperity. He also explained why savvy investors are diversifying, even into cryptocurrency, as a hedge against dollar weakness — a point the left refuses to understand because it undermines their anti-growth, anti-innovation agenda.
This is common-sense conservatism: grow the pie so hardworking Americans get a fair shot at a better life. Under policies that encourage investment, we’ve seen energy costs ease and market confidence return in many sectors — exactly what Feierstein noted when he pointed to falling oil prices and renewed investor interest as signs the economy is moving in the right direction. The contrast with Democratic prescripts of higher taxes and heavier regulation couldn’t be starker.
Democrats will scream “inequality” and “greed” whenever billionaires or foreign investors choose to plant their capital in America, but that rhetoric is just envy dressed up as policy. Real conservatism respects private enterprise, defends property rights, and recognizes that capital here means jobs, higher wages, and national strength. If you want more factories and better infrastructure, you stop treating entrepreneurs like criminals and start inviting investment with low taxes and certainty.
Republicans and patriotic Americans should take Feierstein’s exhortation as a strategy, not a soundbite: compete for global capital and make the United States the best place on Earth to do business. That means cutting needless red tape, protecting innovation, and standing up to woke regulators who drive investment overseas. The choice is simple — embrace growth or watch the world pass us by.
If the conservative movement learns anything from the American Agenda discussion, it’s this: sell our success and fight for policies that bring money, jobs, and pride back to American communities. Speak plainly to voters about the tangible benefits of investment and economic liberty; the other side only wins when decent people stop defending prosperity.
