The Biden Bust Is Being Reversed as the Trump Economy Roars Back | E.J. Antoni, Ph.D

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🗓️ 19 February 2026

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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. Follow us on Instagram for EXCLUSIVE bonus content and the chance to be featured in our episodes: https://www.instagram.com/problematicwomen/ Connect with our hosts on socials! Elise McCue X: https://x.com/intent/user?screen_name=EliseMcCue Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisemccueofficial/ Virginia Allen: X: https://x.com/intent/user?screen_name=Virginia_Allen5 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virginiaallenofficial/ Check out Top News in 10, hosted by The Daily Signal’s Tony Kinnett: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjMHBev3NsoUpc2Pzfk0n89cXWBqQltHY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.6	For nearly all of Joe Biden's last year in office, the annual change in jobs among Native-born Americans
0:35.6	was negative, meaning this group was losing ground.
0:39.9	Annual job growth was going to foreign-born workers.
0:43.1	Once again, Trump has course-corrected.
0:45.6	During his first year back in office, employment among Native-born Americans increased 840,000,
0:51.9	while the number of foreign-born workers with jobs declined.
0:55.0	If that's not America First, nothing is.
0:59.0	Hello, this is E.J. Antonio for the Daily Signal.
1:10.0	Despite all the naysayers who predicted doom and gloom for the Trump economy, the latest round of data has vindicated the president's strategy and shows the stage is set for an American comeback. From family finances to federal finance, the damage of the Biden years is finally being reversed.
1:28.2	Now, while it's not all doom and gloom, it's not all sunshine and rainbows either.
1:32.5	Biden and the big spenders in Congress dug us a pretty deep hole, but we're getting out of it.
1:38.1	For some context here, let's roll back the clock.
1:41.4	When the economy reopened after COVID, millions of people who were forbidden by the government from working went back to their jobs.
1:49.6	Now, obviously, this was simply a return to the status quo, but it was billed as job growth.
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