House Speaker Mike Johnson calls for "patience" on economy: "You don't flip a switch...and it all just is fixed magically"

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CBS News

February 24, 2026 / 5:41 PM EST


Hours before President Trump's State of the Union address, House Speaker Mike Johnson told CBS News the U.S. economy is on the right track — but he added that inflation has not been "completely fixed yet."

In an interview Tuesday with "CBS Evening News," Johnson also argued "we shouldn't freak out" about the impact of artificial intelligence on jobs and urged the Iranian government to "follow common sense" as Mr. Trump weighs military action.

Johnson expects Mr. Trump to spend part of his speech Tuesday night touting his economic record, including "the exciting facts about what we've been able to accomplish."

In recent months, the president has celebrated the country's economic performance in his first year on the job, including a slowdown in inflation and a strong labor market. Recent polls show most voters aren't so optimistic. Just 37% of Americans feel that the state of the economy is good, and 60% feel that Mr. Trump makes prices and inflation sound better than they actually are, according to a CBS News survey released Tuesday.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-speaker-mike-johnson-calls-for-patience-on-economy/

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Really? What happened to "day one."

[SunSeeker]

1. But that is exactly what Trump promised!

So he's either a liar or incompetent or both.

[JohnnyRingo]

15. Promised? He says he fixed it already!

"Hottest Country on Earth". It's done.
Halleluiah!! I can get that new Corvette now! hahaha

[Afrocat]

2. I hope they keep that same energy when its time to "actually" fix this mess.

[cstanleytech]

3. Ya, I'm still waiting for that trickle down economics from 40+ years that was promised to kick in.

[Skittles]

5. yeah it trickled down

and formed a big giant K

[travelingthrulife]

22. Any day now...

[Skittles]

4. that's not what your orange boy said when he was campaigning

FUCK OFF you Trump humping whore

[StoolPigeon]

6. But it seems...

You can flip a switch and break it.

[twodogsbarking]

7. Mike Johnson holds the record for receiving the highest number of wedgies in middle school.

[Trueblue Texan]

8. I don't know...

Seems that's what happened when TSF took office...like someone flipped a switch and the economy began to tank. It's been going down the crapper ever since.

[Just Jerome]

9. Somebody ought to

take a switch to his hide.

[NewHendoLib]

10. But you guys fucking broke it, Mikey.

[Jack Valentino]

11. This is like waiting for Donvict's tax returns....

[no_hypocrisy]

12. WTF? Trump did exactly that with Biden's stellar economy.

[Zelda_Orchid]

13. The economy can't be fixed magically by flipping a switch

But it certainly can be sabotaged & destroyed instantly by targeted attacks.

Like ubiquitous tariffs.

[hadEnuf]

14. Mike Johnson is believing his own fantasy.

The Orange Pig inherited an economy that was the envy of the world with some inflation problems that were already on their way down. Wages are now stagnant, we are losing jobs and prices are through the roof. Not to forget that the social safety net is being devastated and millions are without health insurance. And government corruption is rampant.

That these lying bastards in the Trump cabal don't deserve one minute of serious consideration on anything they say.

[travelingthrulife]

23. But Biden had a bad debate...

[Omnipresent]

16. "Day one" was a gimmick to get trump's poor rubes out to the polls in 2024.

Trump still doesn’t care about them, he just wanted their votes.

[delisen]

17. Campaign lies are lies. The president must resign.

Lied about lowering prices.

Lied about deporting only the worst of the worst

Lied about who would pay the tariffs

Lied when he said he knew more than the experts.

[3825-87867]

18. Which switch is he talking about?

The one connected to the American People or the one for the Billionaires? It seems there's never a problem with THEIR switch, eh Moses?
Let there be light!

[ChicagoTeamster]

19. Really? They didn't have patience for inflation to drop during the COVID recovery under Biden.

He didn’t cause the problems the way Trump’s tariffs and trade policies, along with his bigoted comments about our trade partners, have.

Every nation in the world was experiencing Covid recovery inflation. The US economy was the envy of the world with the lowest inflation numbers and most new jobs added.

[nwduke]

20. It's easily forgotten that Biden pulled us out of the bungled Covid mess

that Trump and his lunatics put us in! Compared to other countries we recovered the fastest economically an all the other major countries.
Here's the "mess" that Biden left:
- BEST rate of job creation in history
- Lowest overall unemployment in 50 years
- Record High Stock market growth
- GDP growth more than double what Trump had
- Best rate of wage growth in decades
- Lowered Medicare drug costs
- Energy production at a historic
But the media fails to mention this after the G🤡P and their orange pedo hero continually lie with their constant talking point about “Biden’s disastrous economy!

[Clouds Passing]

21. Biden did! Why can't you mikey? Too busy stealing from US.

[Miguelito Loveless]

24. Flipping a switch

is literally what they promised.

Day One.