adminTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Laura Ingraham on December 19 that working Americans should brace for real relief as the Trump economic agenda takes deeper hold, going so far as to predict big job growth and improved affordability under the president. His upbeat assessment reflects a clear pro-growth message from the administration: lower prices, rising wages, and more opportunities for families who have been squeezed by the last few years of erratic policy.
Bessent laid out why he thinks 2026 can be a much better year for ordinary people, pointing to falling inflation, stronger real wages, and the payoff from tax, energy, and immigration reforms that put America first. He repeatedly emphasized that the pathway to household relief runs through deregulation, investment in domestic industry, and sensible fiscal stewardship rather than more spending and punishing taxes.
When critics try to scare voters with the old growth-equals-inflation mantra, Bessent pushed back, saying a smarter Fed and a focus on supply-side fixes — not phony narratives — are what will keep prices under control while we grow. He even signaled the administration’s preference for a Fed chair who will keep an open mind about growth and supply-side realities, underscoring that policy should serve working Americans, not ideological economists.
Yes, the opposition will trot out short-term figures — Laura Ingraham highlighted new reports showing a recent uptick in unemployment — but Washington’s naysayers always seize whatever bad news they can to frighten voters into accepting more government control. The point is this: temporary statistical noise does not erase a clear, sustained effort to rebuild American industry, bring jobs back to our towns, and give families real purchasing power again.
Bessent’s plan to “re-privatize” the economy and to use smart trade tools and tariffs where appropriate is exactly the medicine our manufacturing base needs after decades of outsourcing and weak leadership. Conservatives should be proud — not apologetic — that an America-first approach means protecting workers, unleashing private-sector growth, and restoring the dignity of work in communities that were abandoned by the elites.
Hardworking Americans deserve a government that trusts them, not one that keeps treating them like line items for social engineering. If Bessent and the Trump team can deliver on these promises — lower inflation, rising real wages, and renewed opportunity — it will be proof that common-sense, pro-growth conservatism still works for the people who built this country. The choice is clear: keep fighting for freedom, jobs, and prosperity, or surrender to the same failed policies that hollowed out our towns in the first place.
