There was a time not long ago when the so-called experts lined up to tell us the sky was falling. The “Biden” White House, the media mouthpieces, the entrenched bureaucrats at the Fed — they all predicted economic ruin if President Trump returned to power. Markets would crash, they warned. Global confidence would vaporize. America, they said, would pay the price for choosing sovereignty over submission, tariffs over technocracy, and patriotism over pandering.
But now the numbers are in. And guess what?
They were dead wrong. Again.
As The Heritage Foundation just reported in “Back from the Brink”, the Trump-led economic surge has confounded the doomsayers and breathed fresh life into the American economy. The markets are climbing. Inflation is falling. Growth is accelerating. Jobs are returning. Confidence — that most American of traits — is back in style.
This isn’t just good news. It’s a direct refutation of the collectivist ideology that has tried, for decades, to convince us that free men are dangerous, that central planning is wisdom, and that global consensus is more sacred than national success.
Let me be clear: Americanism thrives when Americans are free to build.
Voluntary Greatness vs. Managed Decline
Americanism isn’t an economic theory. It’s a cultural engine — and free-market capitalism is its fuel. When citizens are unleashed, not herded… when taxes shrink and opportunity expands… when small businesses outpace bureaucracies… that is when the American spirit flourishes.
Trump’s resurgence proves a timeless point: economic liberty is not chaos — it is creation. The very opposite of the command-and-control schemes pushed by World Economic Forum bureaucrats and Ivy League central planners.
This economy didn’t recover because of global “stability.” It rebounded because someone pulled the brakes on the managed decline. Someone dared to say America should not apologize for winning.
It was the reassertion of an old truth: Prosperity is a byproduct of liberty, not government charity.
The Enemies of Prosperity Predicted Collapse
Let’s take a moment to recall the chorus of catastrophists:
- Paul Krugman, the Keynesian court jester of The New York Times, predicted Trump’s election would crash the economy and bring on “a global recession, with no end in sight.” He’s still employed. Somehow.
- Joe Biden’s Treasury team warned that the mere threat of Trump’s return could rattle markets and collapse investor confidence. Instead, investors have rediscovered optimism.
- The IMF and World Bank, servants of the global order, cautioned that “populism” would upend international financial stability. Translation: American independence would disrupt their control.
What they feared most was never failure — it was American success without their permission.
America’s Comeback Is Moral, Not Just Financial
Here’s why this matters beyond the stock market: a strong American economy proves the viability of the American idea.
Every job created in this new boom is a nail in the coffin of collectivism. Every dollar earned by a tradesman, a farmer, a shop owner — without government interference or DEI audits or ESG checkboxes — is a testament to the dignity of the individual.
This economic recovery didn’t come from Brussels, Beijing, or the Brookings Institution. It came from cutting red tape, unleashing energy production, securing our borders, and telling the American worker, “You’re in charge again.”
It’s not just a policy success. It’s a cultural vindication.
Let’s Not Waste the Lesson
The Left will try to memory-hole this moment. Just like they pretended the lockdowns never happened. Just like they pretended inflation “wasn’t real.” But we cannot let them.
We must shout it plainly:
Trump’s economic rebound is not a miracle. It is a return to the natural order of Americanism — where freedom, responsibility, and enterprise beat regulation, redistribution, and rot.
This moment is a proof-of-concept. If we stay the course — cut spending, deregulate, rebuild industry, restore the dollar, and decouple from China — this won’t be a blip. It will be the rebirth of the American Century.
And no amount of academic scowling or socialist sermonizing can stop it.
John Fisher
Citizen. Patriot. Defender of the American Way.
“You can’t centrally plan a dream. You can only protect the liberty to chase it.”
