‘Perfect Trump economy’: Peter Navarro says ‘everything is hitting on all major cylinders, and the best is yet to come’
A top adviser to President Donald Trump on Sunday called the state of the U.S. economy at present “the perfect Trump economy,” with everything “hitting on all major cylinders, and the best is yet to come.”
Appearing on “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo on the Fox News Channel, Peter Navarro, senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, highlighted economic successes in the first year of Trump taking the helm from the high-inflation era of Joe Biden.
“It’s the perfect Trump economy in 2026. It’s what we call the Goldilocks economy,” said Navarro, alluding to conditions being just right from the children’s story of that title. “The last time we saw what we’re seeing now was 1998. We’re seeing the stock market over 50,000 Dow, that’s Wall Street. But we’re also seeing rising real wages. That’s Main Street.”
“This is happening because of tariffs not in spite of them.”
“The last time we saw what we’re seeing now was 1998,” says @RealPNavarro on the stock market success, rising blue collar wages, rebounding manufacturing, and strong GDP growth.
“This is happening BECAUSE of tariffs, not in spite of them… and the best is yet to come.” pic.twitter.com/2BfEP0CDsF
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 15, 2026
“Everything is hitting on all major cylinders, and the best is yet to come,” Navarro said, looking ahead to large tax rebates expected to help millions of citizens.
“When Americans get those rebate checks on tax day, that’s gonna be the biggest rebate and broad-based in American history in 2026, unless of course the geopolitics gets in the way, it’s shaping up to be beautiful.”
Navarro also took a shot at left-leaning news reporters who downplay any economic victories by the Trump administration.
“The media’s got to take some responsibility here and the Democrats to the extent they keep bashing us irrespective of the data. That’s gonna drag down confidence.”
“It’s like, come on. See the data, speak the data, be real, Trump economy, perfect, best year since ’98. We’ll top that. It’s probably one of the best years in modern American economic history. Not hyperbole, that’s what the data is telling us.”
On Saturday, Navarro released his own video touting positive economic news with the consumer price index, calling on Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell to cut interest rates: “January CPI is in and here’s the headline: More DISINFLATION. Jay Powell, are you listening?”
January CPI is in and here’s the headline: More DISINFLATION.
Jay Powell, are you listening?? pic.twitter.com/9jBYp20NeZ
— Peter Navarro (@RealPNavarro) February 14, 2026
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