Posted on Friday, August 29, 2025<\/p>\n
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by Alan Jamison<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\tPrint<\/a><\/p>\n As Americans head into Labor Day Weekend, it will be amid a flood of good economic news yet again disproving doomsday predictions from the \u201cexpert\u201d class.<\/p>\n In a breaking development on Thursday, the White House announced that international visitors spent a record-breaking $126.9 billion in the United States during the first six months of this year, a 2.2 percent increase over the previous year and a 3.5 percent increase from the pre-COVID peak in 2018.<\/p>\n Democrats and corporate media pundits had warned that President Donald Trump\u2019s strict enforcement of immigration law would harm the country\u2019s tourism sector. But it appears that precisely the opposite has occurred, as foreign travelers have been more eager than ever to come to and spend their money in the United States.<\/p>\n Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick praised Trump for ushering in that tourism growth in spite of media doomsday prognostications.<\/p>\n \u201cPresident Trump has revitalized our country, ushering in the Golden Age of America,\u201d Lutnick said<\/a> to the Washington Examiner. \u201cToday\u2019s record tourism numbers prove it. With historic prosperity and President Trump\u2019s focus on public safety, people from around the world are coming to visit in record numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n The nation\u2019s strong tourism growth is another economic win for the President, adding to a recent string of victories.<\/p>\n The White House additionally announced<\/a> this week that this Labor Day Weekend will likely see the lowest gas prices in five years, according to GasBuddy. Americans can expect to pay about $3.15 per gallon at the pump this weekend on average, compared to $3.79 per gallon in 2022 and $3.77 per gallon in 2023.<\/p>\n Hotel rates, meanwhile, are down about 11 percent over last year, airfare is down six percent, and car rental costs are down three percent.<\/p>\n Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that the lower gas prices are a result of the President fulfilling his promises.<\/p>\n \u201cPresident Trump campaigned on lowering costs and this Labor Day Weekend, the American people will see the results firsthand at the gas pump \u2014 with the lowest gas prices in years,\u201d Wright said<\/a>. \u201cHis approach is simple and commonsense: more American energy means lower costs, more jobs, and more prosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the decrease in costs is a result of Trump\u2019s policies reinvigorating America\u2019s energy dominance.<\/p>\n \u201cThanks to President Trump fully unleashing American energy dominance, gas prices this summer are at five-year lows and families are saving significant money at the pump,\u201d Leavitt told<\/a> Fox News. \u201cPresident Trump ended Joe Biden\u2019s green new scam policies and is making America affordable again.\u201d<\/p>\n As AMAC Newsline has previously reported<\/a>, America\u2019s economic growth also shattered expectations for the second quarter of the year. Gross domestic product (GDP) increased<\/a> by a total 3.3 percent from April to June.<\/p>\n Trump has also continued to deliver on his promise to lower inflation, consistently ranked as the top issue for voters in last year\u2019s election. Inflation in the first quarter of the year was 3.7 percent, when the White House transitioned from the Biden administration to the Trump administration. The inflation rate decreased to just 2.1 percent during the second quarter of the year as Trump\u2019s policies began taking effect.<\/p>\n