Happy anniversary: one year of President Trump back in office.

That may sound surprising to anyone who consumes legacy media coverage, where the tone has been relentlessly hostile from day one. But it is worth stating clearly that this administration has only been in place for a single year. And when you consider what has already been accomplished, despite nonstop attacks, sabotage, and openly adversarial media propaganda, it feels like far longer.

President Trump did not inherit a healthy economy. He inherited one that had been weakened at its foundation by the prior administration’s policies. Growth had been propped up with debt, subsidies and regulatory distortion. Real wages were falling. Families were losing purchasing power. The economy reporting touted stability, while rapidly deteriorating accelerated in the real world. You cannot fix that overnight.

You cannot turn a ship that is dead in the water. Worse yet, a dead in the water and sinking ship. First, you have to repair the damage, stabilize the ship and keep it from sinking by plugging the holes. Then you rebuild the engine. Only after that can you start the engines and change course to a better horizon.

That is exactly what this administration set out to do.

Rebuilding an economy’s infrastructure is not the same as putting a temporary Band-Aid on it. Factories are not built overnight. Supply chains do not re-localize instantly. Infrastructure takes time to modernize so it can........

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