{"id":2449320,"date":"2025-06-19T10:57:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T14:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/promises-kept-trump-creates-largest-blue-collar-wage-growth-in-60-years\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T11:01:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T15:01:28","slug":"promises-kept-trump-creates-largest-blue-collar-wage-growth-in-60-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/promises-kept-trump-creates-largest-blue-collar-wage-growth-in-60-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Promises Kept: Trump Creates Largest Blue-Collar Wage Growth in 60 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpromises-kept-trump-creates-largest-blue-collar-wage-growth-in-60-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2449320&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the economic developments in the United States over recent decades, highlighting the issues faced by the middle class and the decline of the industrial sector. It suggests that President Donald Trump has been effective in reversing wage stagnation, with the first increases in real wages for hourly workers since the Nixon administration. Specific metrics are cited, showing that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-poll-shows-gop-becoming-party-of-blue-collar-workers\/\" title=\"NBC Poll Shows GOP Becoming Party Of Blue-Collar Workers\">blue-collar workers<\/a> experienced almost a 2% increase in real wages within the first five months of Trump&#8217;s second term, contrasting starkly with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-biggest-lies-of-the-year\/\" title=\"...\u2019s Biggest Lies of the Year\">negative wage growth<\/a> observed during President Biden&#8217;s administration. <\/p>\n<p>The article credits Trump&#8217;s policies, including tightening immigration and controlling inflation, for this wage growth, claiming that these actions have positively impacted American workers. It critiques the Democratic Party for previous inaction regarding wage growth and deems them responsible for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/consumer-sentiment-drops-and-raises-risk-of-runaway-inflation\/\" title=\"Consumer Sentiment Drops and Raises Risk of Runaway Inflation\">declining living standards<\/a> through overregulation and high taxes. The piece concludes with strong sentiments on the necessity of listening to the working class, emphasizing Trump&#8217;s commitment to improving their economic conditions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The economic story of America for the past several decades has been one of increasing overall economic growth, accompanied by a hollowed-out industrial core and a constantly struggling middle class.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump, however, is emerging as an antidote &mdash; if not <em>the<\/em> antidote &mdash; to the quasi-intentional emaciating of everyday Americans&rsquo; economic lives.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has overseen the very first increases in real wages for hourly workers since Richard Nixon &mdash; now almost 60 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Blue-collar workers have seen real wages grow almost two percent in the first five months of President Trump&rsquo;s second term &mdash; a stark contrast from the negative wage growth seen during the first five months of the Biden Administration,&rdquo; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/articles\/2025\/06\/icymi-blue-collar-wage-growth-sees-largest-increase-in-nearly-60-years-under-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fact sheet<\/a> from the White House noted.<\/p>\n<p>There was indeed a 1.7 percent pay increase in real terms, according to Treasury Department data cited by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/17\/us-news\/blue-collar-wage-growth-under-trump-sees-largest-increase-in-nearly-60-years-bessent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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 \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>President Richard Nixon was the last commander in chief to see an actual increase in positive growth for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/blue-collar-worker-disqualified-us-open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blue-collar<\/a> workers.<\/p>\n<p>That was all the way back in 1969.<\/p>\n<p>Nixon saw 0.8 percent growth during his term in office, meaning Trump is outpacing him, so far, by nearly double.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The only other time it&rsquo;s been this high was &hellip; during President Trump&rsquo;s first term,&rdquo; Treasury Secretary Scott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scott-bessent-shuts-democratic-rep-hearing-detrimental-interests-us-answer-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bessent<\/a> noted in an interview with the Post.<\/p>\n<p>Trump indeed saw 1.3 percent real wage growth for hourly workers during his first four years.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve seen real wages for hourly workers, non-supervisory workers, rise almost 2 percent in the first five months,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No president has done that before.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Real wages essentially track the increase in nominal pay when considering inflation. The lack of progress was a constant talking point during the George W. Bush presidency for Democrats suffering from Post-Hanging-Chad Derangement Syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>Yet they didn&rsquo;t make a peep about the issue during eight years of Obama and four years of Biden. (In fact, they preferred to tout the strength of an economy that was siphoning wealth from those flyover-country Americans and into the pockets of the elite.)<\/p>\n<p>Trump has managed the feat by bringing inflation back under control, allowing real wages to rise, and improving buying power for heartland Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Bessent was not shy in noting that the deportation of illegal aliens has also helped to improve wages.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Biden opened the border, and it was flooded,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democratic-rep-gets-audible-backlash-tries-play-victim-questioning-scott-bessent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bessent<\/a> recalled. &ldquo;And for working Americans, that&rsquo;s a disaster because it&rsquo;s pressure on their wages.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The causes for declining take-home pay and worsening living standards for everyday American families haven&rsquo;t exactly been a mystery.<\/p>\n<p>Overregulation stymies economic activity. Illegal immigration suppresses wages. High taxation decreases standards of living.<\/p>\n<p>None of those policies happen without help from politicians and bureaucrats.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration could have chosen inflation and wage declines, but they chose to manage those declines instead &mdash; pursuing anti-growth policies and shoveling out billions and billions to other countries and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >elite-controlled slush funds<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/usaid-official-three-others-plead-guilty-decade-long-half-billion-dollar-bribery-scheme-falls-apart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USAID<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, unlike many of his predecessors, has not only been willing but also able to reverse the decline. Part of that willingness comes from a true love for whatever you want to call us &mdash; everyday, salt-of-the-earth, working-class, or heartland Americans.<\/p>\n<p>As we begin to enjoy this hopeful trajectory born of Trump&rsquo;s love for everyday Americans, we should also remember what the Democratic Party called us for <em>years:<\/em>&nbsp;clingers, deplorables, irredeemable, Neanderthals, garbage.<\/p>\n<p>Just think about that. That&rsquo;s what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/noem-nails-dhs-releases-new-ice-visitation-rules-maxine-waters-jerry-nadler-will-hate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic&nbsp;<em>leaders<\/em><\/a>  said &hellip; publicly. Imagine what they said privately.<\/p>\n<p>No wonder we&rsquo;ve suffered so long. The masters of half the country&rsquo;s politicians hate the people who make America great.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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President Donald Trump, however, is presenting himself as a potential solution to the deliberate undermining of the financial well-being of average Americans. Under his leadership, there have been real wage increases for hourly workers for the first time since Richard Nixon&#8217;s presidency nearly 60 years ago. According to a White House fact sheet, &#8220;Blue-collar workers have experienced nearly two percent real wage growth in the initial five months of President Trump&#8217;s second term,&#8221; contrasting sharply with negative wage trends during Biden&#8217;s early administration. Data from the Treasury Department highlighted a 1.7 percent increase in real wages as reported by the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>Nixon was noted as the last president to witness actual positive growth for blue-collar workers back in 1969, achieving 0.8 percent growth during his tenure-Trump is currently surpassing that figure almost twofold. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent remarked that similar levels were only seen during Trump&#8217;s first term when he recorded 1.3 percent real wage growth for hourly workers over four years.<\/p>\n<p>Real wages reflect nominal pay increases adjusted for inflation and had been a significant concern during George W. Bush&#8217;s presidency; however, Democrats remained silent on this issue throughout Obama&#8217;s and Biden&#8217;s terms while praising an economy that benefited elites at the expense of working-class Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has managed to reverse these trends by controlling inflation and enhancing purchasing power for everyday citizens while also addressing illegal immigration which Bessent claims puts downward pressure on wages: &#8220;Biden opened the border leading to flooding which harms working Americans.&#8221; The reasons behind stagnant take-home pay and declining living standards are clear: excessive regulation hampers economic activity; illegal immigration drives down wages; high taxes lower living standards-all policies influenced by politicians and bureaucrats.<\/p>\n<p>While Biden opted for managing declines through anti-growth policies and foreign aid spending, Trump has actively sought to reverse these declines out of genuine concern for working-class Americans-a group often disparaged by Democratic leaders as &#8220;clingers&#8221; or &#8220;deplorables.&#8221; This disdain from political elites explains much about why many have endured prolonged hardship despite their contributions to America&#8217;s greatness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2449321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Blue-collar-wage-growth.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[17340,3634,37422],"class_list":["post-2449320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-blue-collar","tag-trump","tag-wage-growth"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Blue-collar-wage-growth.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449320"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449324,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449320\/revisions\/2449324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2449321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}