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Chris Wright: “Real wages, adjusted for inflation, rose pretty rapidly the…”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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Secretary of Energy Chris Wright talks gas prices, energy rates and cost-of-living worries

Published | Video Starts at 04:37

So I think, I think rents went down. So I think President Trump's been incredibly successful in that agenda of pushing down costs and raising wages. Real wages, adjusted for inflation, rose pretty rapidly the first year of the Trump administration. They actually declined during the four years of the Biden administration. So 100%. I think we were going the right direction. (04:37–04:44)

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Asserts that real wages increased during the first year of the Trump administration.

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