Trump Outlines Economic Proposals to ‘Bring America Back from the Brink’

Former President Donald Trump outlined a series of economic policy proposals during his keynote speech at the America First Policy Institute summit earlier this week, with Trump calling the midterm elections in November an “incredible” opportunity to “bring America back from the brink.”

While Trump said in his July 26 speech that his top priorities are fighting crime, cleaning up America’s streets, and securing the southern border, the former president also laid out key aspects of his economic policies.

“There’s a tremendous amount to be done from reviving our economy to liberating our energy, to restoring our standing in the world,” Trump said, while predicting a “triumphant” red wave this coming November and a Republican retaking the White House in 2024.

“There is time for us to bring America back from the brink,” Trump said, adding that, “the American people are poised to reject the failed reign of [President] Joe Biden, [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi, [Sen.] Chuck Schumer, and the radical left in a momentous landslide.”

“This is an incredible opportunity,” he added.

Fight Inflation, Strengthen Trade Laws

On soaring prices, which in June rose at multi-decade high pace of 9.1 percent, Trump said that “[w]e need to save our economy, and stop the inflation crippling American families.”

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the America First Agenda Summit in Washington, on July 26, 2022. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Key to cooling the red-hot inflationary wave is bolstering American energy production, Trump said.

“We are a nation that has the highest energy cost in its history. We are no longer energy independent or energy dominant, as we were just two short years ago,” Trump said, while arguing for the need to “rapidly maximize domestic oil and gas production to restore energy independence” and bring down high gasoline prices that have stressed