President Donald Trump’s landing might have been delayed, but his message was delivered — in no uncertain terms.
Addressing the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, the 47th president didn’t back away at all from the economic agenda that got him elected to a second term in the White House.
And directed at his critics, the theme might have boiled down to this: I told you so.
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Trump castigated “conventional wisdom” in world capitals that declared economic growth was dependent on “ever-increasing government spending, unchecked mass migration, and endless foreign imports.”
“Virtually all of the so-called ‘experts’ predicted my plans to end this failed model would trigger a global recession and runaway inflation,” Trump said.
“But we are proving them wrong. It’s actually just the opposite. In one year, our agenda has produced a transformation like America has not seen in over 100 years.”
It was unapologetic. It was forceful. And it was right on target.
The globe has not receded into a recession. And the inflation that ravaged American consumers during Joe Biden’s disastrous presidency is at a manageable 2.6 percent.