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Carl Higbie delivered a blunt message on his FRONTLINE program this week, reminding viewers that raw poll numbers and hostile headlines don’t always tell the whole story about a president’s performance. Higbie argued, in language familiar to every patriotic conservative, that the real test is whether Americans are safer, working, and able to keep more of what they earn — not whether an outlet hostile to our values likes the narrative. His show has become a place for unapologetic conservative analysis and he used that platform to contrast the Biden years with the Trump record in office.
Look at the hard economic data instead of the spin: the Consumer Price Index showed only a modest monthly rise in January and annual inflation has come down to levels many Democrats once promised would return under their stewardship. At the same time, the unemployment rate sits near historic lows, with steady labor-force participation and more Americans back on the job than under the chaos of recent Democratic policies. Those are the metrics that matter to working families who pay the bills, buy groceries, and put gas in their cars — not pundit pageviews.
Wall Street has noticed too. Despite the usual hand-wringing from elites, U.S. markets have climbed to new heights at times during this term, reflecting corporate confidence and investor faith in pro-growth policies that prioritize energy independence, lower taxes, and deregulation. When Main Street sees employers hiring, and capital flowing back into American enterprise, that is a vindication of leadership that puts national prosperity first. The markets may move daily, but the longer trend has rewarded policies that put America back on its feet.
The mainstream media will always try to reduce complex outcomes to a single poll number or a scandal-driven headline, but conservatives know results are multi-dimensional. Higbie’s point — that “the numbers don’t reflect Trump’s success” — is really a call to look beyond the narrative and assess policy outcomes: stronger manufacturing activity, renewed energy production, tougher border enforcement, and regulatory rollbacks that free small businesses to grow. Voters who work for a living aren’t persuaded by cable chatter; they judge government by whether their paycheck stretches further and their communities are safer.
This is also a warning: don’t let elite gatekeepers decide what constitutes success. If the economy is improving in concrete ways but the media refuses to report it fairly, patriotic Americans must keep their eyes on evidence and not the talking heads. Carl Higbie reminded viewers that conservative principles delivered those gains — personal responsibility, secure borders, and an economy that rewards production — and that defending those principles is how we sustain the victories.
A note on sourcing: in researching this piece I reviewed Carl Higbie’s FRONTLINE coverage and official economic releases to ground the argument in verifiable data, but I was not able to locate a verbatim public transcript of the specific YouTube description quoted in the assignment; the article therefore relies on Higbie’s public commentary as presented by his show and the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics and market reporting for the numbers cited. Readers who want to judge for themselves should watch the segment and the data releases referenced above.
