Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday credited President Donald Trump’s policies for a nearly 2% increase in wages for hourly workers in the first five months of his second term.

“Thanks to @POTUS’s pro-growth, America First policies, real wages for hourly workers are up nearly 2% in the first five months of @realDonaldTrump’s second term — the strongest growth in 60 years,” Bessent wrote in a post on X, along with a chart comparing the real-wage hourly growth in the first five months of the nine previous presidencies to Trump’s second term.

“No president has done that before — except President Trump in his first term,” Bessent wrote. “Hardworking Americans and Main Street businesses have never had a stronger ally in the @WhiteHouse.”

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