Democrats got clobbered in 2024 on the economy.
Voters sent them a message they couldn't ignore.
And Karoline Leavitt just made one promise about Trump's economy that has Democrats in full panic.
Trump takes economic message to Pennsylvania battleground
President Donald Trump kicked off his 2026 midterm campaign tour with a major economic speech in northeastern Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains on Tuesday.
The Mount Airy Casino Resort event marks Trump's first major domestic policy road trip as he ramps up efforts to sell his economic agenda ahead of what could be brutal midterm elections.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt appeared on Newsmax Tuesday morning with a message that has Democrats scrambling for cover.
"The best is yet to come," Leavitt declared on Wake Up America.¹
Trump's Pennsylvania stop came after recent polling showed 76% of voters view the economy negatively — and Democrats are already seizing on affordability concerns just like they did in sweeping November 2025 victories in Virginia, New Jersey, and several special elections.²
But Leavitt isn't backing down from the fight Democrats are trying to start.
Democrats created the inflation crisis Trump inherited
Leavitt didn't mince words about who's really responsible for Americans struggling to make ends meet.
"The Biden-Harris administration created the worst inflation crisis in modern American history," Leavitt told Newsmax, pointing to the devastating 9% inflation rate Americans faced under Biden.³
She's exactly right.
Biden's reckless spending spree pumped trillions into an economy that didn't need it, driving prices through the roof on everything from groceries to gas.
Democrats want to memory-hole their economic disaster and blame Trump for problems they created.
It won't work.
Leavitt hammered home that Americans will see "the largest middle class tax cuts in American history" reflected in their paychecks come spring 2026.⁴
The One Big Beautiful Bill that Trump signed into law permanently extended his first-term tax cuts while adding new breaks for working families — including no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and a boosted Child Tax Credit to $2,500.⁵
That's real money back in people's pockets, not the smoke and mirrors Democrats specialized in.
Trump's deregulation agenda is already cutting costs
Leavitt explained that Trump's war on bureaucratic red tape is producing real savings for everyday Americans.
The administration is slashing "meaningless regulations" that drove up costs for small businesses and families alike.⁶
On energy, the results speak for themselves.
Oil prices have plummeted 20% in 22 states, and gas prices have dropped below $2.75 per gallon nationwide — the lowest in five years.⁷
"The administration expects prices to keep falling if Trump continues his 'drill, baby, drill' approach," Leavitt said.⁸
That's what happens when you unleash American energy instead of strangling it with Biden's "Green New Scam" climate policies.
Democrats spent four years waging war on American energy producers, forcing families to pay more at the pump while pretending to care about working people.
Trump reversed that disaster within weeks of taking office.
Pennsylvania knows Trump delivers for workers
Leavitt pointed to concrete evidence that businesses are betting on Trump's economy.
U.S. Steel announced plans to reopen a blast furnace at its Illinois plant that had been idle for two years — creating 400 new jobs and demonstrating renewed confidence in American manufacturing.⁹
The company's decision came after Nippon Steel sealed a $14.9 billion deal with Trump's blessing that included commitments to invest $14 billion in U.S. steel production and protect American jobs through 2035.¹⁰
That's the kind of real-world impact Pennsylvania voters remember from Trump's first term.
When Pennsylvania Democrat Governor Josh Shapiro criticized Trump's economic tour, Leavitt shot back with the obvious question: where was Shapiro's concern about affordability during four years of Biden inflation?¹¹
Pennsylvania steelworkers know the answer.
They broke with their union leadership to support Trump in 2024 because his tariffs saved their jobs when Biden and the Democrats wanted to let foreign steel dump on American markets.
Trump won Pennsylvania by understanding what working people actually need — jobs, cheaper energy, and lower taxes — not what coastal elites think they should want.
Leavitt also promoted Trump's revolutionary "baby bonds" program that would put $1,000 into investment accounts for newborn children, potentially growing to six figures by the time they reach adulthood.¹²
And she highlighted Trump's farmer bailout funded entirely by tariff revenue, returning money directly to agricultural producers without raising taxes by a single penny.¹³
Democrats are in full panic mode because they know Trump's economic message resonates with the voters who decide elections.
Pennsylvania went for Trump in 2024 after he promised to "rapidly drive prices down and make America affordable again."¹⁴
Now he's trying to show he’s delivering on that promise — and Democrats have no answer except recycling the same tired attacks that already failed.
The economy must be Trump's strongest focus heading into the midterms, and he and Republicans have to show real results or Americans could see a wave of Mamdani-style Democrats swept into office.
That would be a disaster for the country.
¹ "Trump to visit Pennsylvania to address the economy and inflation," NBC News, December 4, 2025.
² "Trump tours battleground states promoting affordability messaging as Democrats sweep 2025 elections using economic concerns as winning strategy," Fox News, December 8, 2025.
³ Ibid.
⁴ Ibid.
⁵ "The Largest Tax Cut in History for Working and Middle-Class Americans," The White House, June 10, 2025.
⁶ "Trump to visit Pennsylvania to address the economy and inflation," NBC News, December 4, 2025.
⁷ Ibid.
⁸ Ibid.
⁹ "U.S. Steel to resume steel production at Illinois plant shut 2 years ago," WESA, December 5, 2025.
¹⁰ Ibid.
¹¹ "Trump to visit Pennsylvania to address the economy and inflation," NBC News, December 4, 2025.
¹² Ibid.
¹³ Ibid.
¹⁴ "Trump to start his economic agenda tour in Pennsylvania as voters share concerns on economy," NewsNation, December 8, 2025.
