President Donald Trump touted his 2025 accomplishments in a national address Wednesday night.
“Tonight, after 11 months, our border is secure, inflation is stopped, wages are up, prices are down, our nation is strong, America is respected, and our country is back,” he said, “Stronger than ever before. We’re poised for an economic boom the likes of which the world has never seen.”
1. Lowering Prices
Trump said the Biden administration “looted the Treasury,” driving up prices, but he is bringing them down.
“Under the Biden administration, car prices rose 22% and in many states 30% or more. Gasoline rose 30 to 50%, hotel rates rose 37%, airfares rose 31%,” he said. “Now under our leadership, they are all coming down and coming down fast.”
Trump is also solving the price of groceries, he said.
“The price of a Thanksgiving turkey was down 33% compared to the Biden last year. The price of eggs is down 82% since March, and everything else is falling rapidly, and it’s not done yet,” he said. “But boy, are we making progress.”
Wages are going up much faster than inflation, Trump said. He said tariffs are to thank for record investments, leading to jobs, in Ameica.
“I’ve secured a record breaking $18 trillion of investment into the United States, which means jobs, wage increases, growth, factory openings and far greater national security,” he said. “Much of this success has been accomplished by tariffs, my favorite word tariffs, which for many decades have been used successfully by other countries against us, but not anymore. Companies know that if they build in America, there are no tariffs, and that’s why they’re coming home to the USA in record numbers.”
2. Securing the Border
According to Trump, the worst thing President Joe Biden did was open the border, but he has secured it.
“Our border was open, and because of this, our country was being invaded by an army of 25 million people, many who came from prisons and jails, mental institutions and insane asylums,” he said.
“Starting on day one, I took immediate action to stop the invasion of our southern border,” he continued. “For the past seven months, zero illegal aliens have been allowed into our country, I think, which everyone said was absolutely impossible.”
Trump said America didn’t need legislation to secure the border, just a new president.
“We inherited the worst border anywhere in the world, and we quickly turned it into the strongest border in the history of our country,” he said.
Trump said his administration has cracked down on cartels which smuggled drugs across the border.
“They decimated the bloodthirsty foreign drug cartels,” he said. “We did that all by ourselves, with our people, and we’re so proud of it, because they were poisoning and destroying our population.”
3. Ending Eight Wars in 10 Months
“I’ve restored American strength, settled eight wars in 10 months, destroyed the Iran nuclear threat and ended the war in Gaza, bringing for the first time in 3000 years, peace to the Middle East, and secured the release of the hostages, both living and dead,” Trump said.
Trump touted his reforms to the U.S. military during his first year. He announced that members of military will receive “warrior dividends” of $1,776 in honor of the nation’s founding, saying the “checks are on the way.”
“Nobody deserves it more than our military, and I say congratulations, everybody,” he said. “And by the way, we now have record enlistment in our military, and last year, we had among the worst recruitment numbers in our military’s history.
4. Passing One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Trump said tax cuts for working families under his “One, Big Beautiful Bill” will yield massive tax refunds this spring.
“Under these cuts, many families will be saving between $11,000 and $20,000 a year, and next spring is projected to be the largest tax refund season of all time because of tariffs, along with the just passed One Big, Beautiful Bill,” he said. “Next year, you will also see the results of the largest tax cuts in American history that were really accomplished through our great Big, Beautiful Bill, perhaps the most sweeping legislation ever passed in Congress.”
Trump said the bill included 12 bills wrapped up in one, including no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security.
