There is general agreement that President Trump’s mission tonight should be to focus on domestic policy, and remind viewers of the many tangible accomplishments of his administration. Toward that end, Stephen Moore and the Committee to Unleash Prosperity have supplied these five charts that tell a good part of the story:
President Trump has slashed inflation from the 9.1% peak under Biden. Costs of everything from cars to groceries to housing grew at their fastest level since Jimmy Carter. Now, Trump has pushed inflation down to close to 2%. The most recent report on prices indicates that inflation could fall to historic lows. Trump has proven 16 Nobel prize economists WRONG.
Crime is a tax on American businesses and families. Our economy and our society can’t function without safe streets, safe schools, and safe communities. In one year under Donald Trump, the violent crime rates across the country have fallen 20%, 30%, and even 40%.
2025 saw the biggest one-year drop in the homicide rate on record.
This one deserves special prominence. It will be interesting to see whether the Democrats who show up will applaud an end to illegal immigration:
Under Trump, illegal immigrants processed and released into the country by US Border Patrol have been reduced by more than 99.9% – the largest reduction in illegal aliens in history. This has been achieved in just 12 months with no changes to the law required.
I especially appreciate this one:
Government employment was one of the fastest growing industries in America under Biden. All of the increase in jobs under the Trump administration have been productive private sector jobs. Federal employment is DOWN by over 300,000 workers under Trump, and the percentage of Americans working for the government is now the lowest in decades.
The Democrats definitely won’t applaud that one! And finally:
Under Biden, middle-class incomes, after inflation, rose by a microscopic $500 per household. During Trump’s five years as President, real household income for the middle class rose by closer to $9,000.
These are pretty obviously, I think, principal points that Trump should emphasize tonight. Moore and his team have the President’s ear, so I hope and expect that most or all of these data points will find their way into tonight’s speech.
