Two words. That's all it took for Coosa Steel owner Andrew Saville to sum up what's really happening in the American economy right now: "Tariffs work."
Standing before President Donald Trump at his Rome, Georgia facility, Saville delivered a testimonial that the mainstream media will never broadcast on their evening news. His company — a 50-year American manufacturing institution — went from running two bustling shifts six days a week down to a single shift, then three days, then one day, then one hour per week. That's what decades of globalist trade policies did to American steel.
Then Trump won. And everything changed.
From Ghost Shifts to Full Capacity
In October 2025, Coosa Steel landed its first massive tire rack order in ten years. The order was so large, Saville thought it was a mistake. It wasn't a mistake — it was tariffs doing exactly what President Trump promised they would do.
"We were competing with China. They had taken all of it," Saville explained. "They were producing racks at $90 a piece. Our cost alone is $150. You've leveled the playing field back."
Now the company runs two shifts a day, six days a week, with a 36-week lead time on orders. When Trump pointed to a brand-new crane installed at the facility and asked how long it had been there, Saville's answer said it all: "About two months. Tariffs brought it here, sir. Your policy brought it here."
The Numbers the Media Won't Report
But this isn't just about one steel plant in Georgia. President Trump revealed staggering economic data that the legacy media has completely buried:
More than 5,000 new manufacturing jobs created in Georgia alone. Over 70,000 construction jobs building new factories across the state. And here's the kicker — more Americans are working today than at any time in the history of the country. Not since 2001. Not since the 1990s. Ever.
White House economic advisor Peter Navarro called it the best economy since 1998, stating it could be "one of the greatest economic years in modern American history." Core CPI inflation has fallen to its lowest level since 2021. Real wages are up nearly $1,400. Prescription drug prices actually declined. Private sector job growth hit 170,000 — real jobs for real Americans, not the inflated government hiring numbers the Biden administration used to fake progress.
The Housing Crisis Gets a Trump Fix
President Trump also addressed the housing affordability disaster head-on. Rent prices have hit four-year lows. New mortgage applications are up 30 percent. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac helped 22,000 first-time homebuyers purchase homes in Georgia alone.
Most significantly, Trump banned institutional investors like BlackRock from buying single-family homes — ending the corporate feeding frenzy that priced everyday Americans out of homeownership. He signed executive orders expediting building permits and launched Trump Accounts, giving every newborn child a $1,000 investment account funded by Michael and Susan Dell with $6.25 billion.
"The president wants the United States to be a nation of owners, not renters. He wants families to live in homes, not institutions and big corporations." — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
Democrats Voted Against Every Single One
Here's what should infuriate every working American: Democrats voted against every single one of these policies. Every tax cut. Every tariff. Every pro-worker, pro-family measure that's rebuilding the American Dream.
The contrast couldn't be clearer. While Democrats talked about helping workers, they rewarded outsourcing and punished American businesses. Remember Obama's infamous line — "You didn't build that"? The Trump administration operates on the exact opposite principle: American workers built this country, and American workers deserve policies that put them first.
The previous administration's economic policies systematically punished businesses like Coosa Steel while sending jobs overseas. Trump's tariffs brought those jobs home.
Every new crane, every additional shift, every worker called back to the factory floor is proof that America First isn't just a slogan — it's an economic revolution. And while the so-called experts predicted tariffs would fail, the men and women punching the clock at Coosa Steel know the truth.
Tariffs work. American manufacturing is back. And the best is yet to come.