Karoline Leavitt kicked off the press conference with a bold declaration: Trump’s first 100 days have sparked a major economic comeback. “The golden age of America is underway,” she said. And she wasn’t exaggerating. In just over three months, President Trump has jumpstarted the economy. Jobs are pouring in.... Prices are coming down. And for the first time in years, Americans are starting to feel optimistic again. “345,000 jobs have been added,” Leavitt noted—far surpassing expectations by 100,000 last month alone. Manufacturing, which many thought was gone for good, is roaring back to life with 9,000 new jobs. Under Biden, she reminded the room, America was losing 6,000 manufacturing jobs every month. The cost of living is finally starting to ease. Gas is down 7%. Energy prices are falling across the board. Prescription drugs just saw their biggest price drop in history. And egg prices, which soared under Biden, have plummeted 50% since Trump took office. “This has truly been the most historic start to a presidency in American history,” Leavitt said. She credited the turnaround to Trump’s decisive reversal of Biden-era policies: scrapping energy restrictions, slashing red tape, and turning America into a magnet for investment. The administration has already greenlit new offshore drilling in the Gulf. And according to Leavitt, this is only the beginning. “The mass deregulation effort by this administration,” she said, “will help usher in the golden age of America, which is already underway.”show more

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Then came the one of the biggest headline of the day straight from the Treasury Secretary. Scott Bessent confirmed something that could rewrite the entire tax system. Trump wants to replace income taxes with tariffs—and it might be coming fast. “There is a good chance we’ll see it in the upcoming tax bill,” Bessent said. He explained that negotiations are already happening with 17 of America’s 18 top trading partners, many of whom are already flying into Washington to discuss new deals. “What President Trump is referring to is the ability for tariff revenue to give income tax relief,” Bessent said. “I think there is a good chance we will see this in the upcoming tax bill.” Trump’s vision is straightforward: – No tax on tips – No tax on Social Security – No tax on overtime – Restored auto loan interest deductibility (for American-made vehicles) Bessent said tariff revenue could fund these tax cuts immediately. And when asked whether tariffs would remain a core part of long-term U.S. policy, he was clear: “Tariffs will bring back American manufacturing and generate substantial revenues.”

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Of course, it wouldn’t be a Trump-era press conference without a fight from the media. When a reporter tried to poke holes in Trump’s China tariff strategy, Bessent didn’t flinch—he fired back hard. “We’re not going to talk about who is talking to whom,” Bessent said. “But over time, we will see that the Chinese tariffs are unsustainable for China.” He pointed to the numbers: the tariffs could eliminate 10 million Chinese jobs if fully enforced—or 5 million if partially lifted. “We are the deficit country,” he added. “They sell almost five times more to us than we sell to them. The onus will be on them to take off these tariffs.” The reporter kept pushing, citing Chinese officials who claimed the U.S. wasn’t even discussing the tariffs. Bessent shut it down again. “They have a different form of government, they are playing to a different audience,” he said. He doubled down: “For the Chinese, these tariffs are unsustainable.” 🔥 Then came the knockout. Pressed on whether President Trump had personally spoken to Xi Jinping, Bessent replied: “Karoline and I have a lot of jobs around the White House. Running the switchboard isn’t one of them.” That was the end of that.

This was the moment that left no doubt who’s calling the shots. Amazon just announced it will start tagging products with warnings that Trump’s tariffs are making them more expensive. A reported brought this up. Before Bessent could respond, Karoline Leavitt stepped in—and lit Jeff Bezos up. “I’ll take this, since I just got off the phone with the president about Amazon’s announcement,” she said. “This is a hostile and political act by Amazon.” Leavitt wasn’t holding back. “Why didn’t Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?” Then she dropped a bombshell. “As Reuters recently wrote, Amazon has partnered with a Chinese propaganda arm.” She called it a glaring example of why America must bring supply chains home and prioritize buying American. A reporter asked if Jeff Bezos still supports Trump. Leavitt shut it down instantly: “I will not speak to the president’s relationships with Jeff Bezos, but I will tell you, this is certainly a hostile and political action by Amazon.”

And just when it seemed like the briefing couldn’t pack in any more bombshells, Bessent closed with a game-changing announcement for American industry. Full expensing for factories is coming—and it’s retroactive to January 20th. “One of the most powerful parts of President Trump’s 2017 tax bill was full expensing of equipment,” Bessent said. “We are going to make that, as President Trump said in his speech to Congress, retroactive to January 20th.” But now, the program is expanding beyond just equipment. “The other thing we are looking to add is full expensing for factories,” Bessent said. “So bring your factory back. You can fully expense the equipment and the building.” Combined with sweeping deregulation, cheap energy, and policy certainty, it’s a clear message to the world: America is back in business. The goal is simple—make it easier and more profitable to build in America than anywhere else on Earth. And from the way today’s press conference unfolded, it’s clear: this administration isn’t just talking about a comeback. They’re engineering one.

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