February 2, 2026 | Rapid Response | Sonali Patel

President Trump: How My Tariffs Brought America Back

Rapid Response

President Trump released a new op-ed this weekend outlining how, since Liberation Day, his tariffs have helped bring America back after four disastrous years under Biden.


President Trump detailed some of the successes that have followed Liberation Day — many of which critics said would never be possible:

  • Cut that federal budget deficit by a staggering 27% in a single year
  • Slashed the monthly trade deficit by an astonishing 77%
  • Annual core inflation for the past three months has dropped to just 1.4%
  • Real incomes for the typical worker rose $1,000, $2,000 and more in 2025
  • Wages far outpaced inflation
  • The stock market has skyrocketed
  • American exports are up by $150 billion
  • Domestic steel production is up by more than 300,000 tons a month
  • Factory construction is up by 42% since 2022
  • China’s share of U.S. imports has reached the lowest level since China entered the World Trade Organization in 2001
  • Hundreds of billions of dollars more are pouring into the United States
  • The world’s largest auto companies are now investing over $70 billion in America
  • Secured investment commitments for more than $18 trillion
  • Secured historic trade deals with China, the U.K., the European Union, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and others covering a majority of all U.S. Trade
  • Korean companies are investing $150 billion to revive the domestic shipbuilding industry in the U.S.
  • Japan will help us construct one of the largest natural-gas pipelines in the world, in Alaska, to export American energy to our allies in Asia
  • Europe has agreed to buy $750 billion of U.S. energy to reduce their dependence on foreign adversaries
  • Countries all over the world have agreed to purchase hundreds of state-of-the-art aircraft and airplane engines from U.S. factories, creating thousands of jobs and strengthening our defense industrial base

So-called "experts" have been quick to criticize President Trump's aggressive tariff strategy, but the President continues to prove them wrong.

President Trump will continue to work in the best interest of the American people, and the best is yet to come.