From Biden Bust to America First Boom: The Data Is In | E.J. Antoni, Ph.D.
Podcast: The Daily SignalPublished On: Fri Feb 20 2026
Description: President Trump is reversing the Biden administration’s years of damage to American “family finances” and “federal finances.” When Biden left office in Jan. 2025, “the private sector wasn’t adding any jobs at all, but losing them,” explains E.J. Antoni, Ph.D., The Heritage Foundation’s chief economist. One year later and Trump is righting the ship: Last month was the best January ever for employment among native-born Americans. The private sector added 172,000 jobs while government jobs declined by 42,000. All told, Donald Trump has reduced the federal bureaucracy by 323,000 in just one year. 👉For more videos like this, subscribe to The Daily Signal’s YouTube channel and enable notifications to be alerted the second a new video drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=100:00 Jobs Flip to ‘America First’: Native-Born Gains Under Trump 01:07 How Bidenomics Stalled the Private Sector (and Grew Government) 02:31 Righting the Ship: Private-Sector Hiring Up, Federal Bureaucracy Cut 03:49 Paychecks vs Prices: Inflation Cools, Affordability Still a Fight 06:24 Deficits, Spending Cuts, and What Congress Must Do Next (Wrap-Up) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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