WASHINGTON, D.C. —
By John Fredericks
They can’t help themselves.
Before President Trump even steps to the podium for tonight’s State of the Union, the corporate media establishment has already written their hit pieces, pre-loaded their chyrons, and handed out the talking points. The coverage has been nothing short of unhinged — a coordinated panic attack from a media class that still hasn’t accepted that the American people fired them, along with the Democratic Party in November.
Here’s what they don’t want you to see:
Employment is up. Wages are up. Gas prices are down. Inflation is cooling. And massive tax rebates are on the way for working people — the forgotten men and women this President actually works for.
But sure — tell us more about the “chaos.”
Here’s what I want to hear tonight, and what Trump should make the centerpiece of his second-term economic revolution: Give the tariff money back to the people.
We’re talking hundreds of billions of dollars flowing into the U.S. Treasury from tariffs on foreign goods — money extracted from countries that spent decades picking America’s pockets. So why should Wall Street get to sit back and collect while the truck driver in Manassas and the waitress in Baltimore are still scraping to make rent?
Send. The. Money. Back.
A direct tariff rebate to working Americans isn’t just good politics — it’s justice. It’s the ultimate populist power move: take the money we clawed back from a rigged global trading system and drop it straight into the hands of the people who built this country. Let the hedge funds and the K Street crowd scream about it. Let them sue. We’ll see how that plays in Peoria.
The elites have had their turn for thirty years. Globalization made them rich and gutted the American middle class. Trump reversed that tide — and tonight, in front of the entire nation, he gets to make the case that the reversal is just getting started.
The media meltdown you’re watching isn’t outrage. It’s fear.
They know the numbers are moving in the wrong direction — for them. They know that when working people feel it in their wallets, no amount of negative coverage changes the mood in the room. And tonight, that room is the United States Capitol, and the American people will be watching.
So let them spin. Let them rage. Let them clutch their chyrons and their pre-written fact-checks.
The rest of us? We’ll be watching history.
— John Fredericks is the host of The John Fredericks Show and operates the John Fredericks Media Network, covering Virginia, Maryland, and Washington DC.