While the legacy media obsesses over manufactured controversies and does everything in its power to ignore the good news coming out of Washington, President Donald Trump took a moment on Truth Social Monday evening to do something the mainstream press rarely does — give credit where credit is due. In a warm and characteristically enthusiastic post, the 47th President of the United States honored the departing chair of his Council of Economic Advisers, Professor Pierre Yared of Columbia University, calling him a “STAR” and thanking him for his tireless work in service of the American people.
It’s a story worth telling in full — because it speaks to something bigger than one man’s departure from a government post. It speaks to the kind of serious, results-driven leadership that the Trump administration has brought to the project of rebuilding American economic strength from the ground up.
Who Is Pierre Yared, and Why Does It Matter?
Pierre Yared is no ordinary academic. A professor at Columbia Business School and a widely respected figure in the field of macroeconomics and fiscal policy, Yared has built a career studying the very forces — debt dynamics, fiscal sustainability, long-run growth — that determine whether a nation thrives or declines. This is exactly the kind of intellectual firepower that President Trump brought into the Council of Economic Advisers when Yared took the helm in September of last year.
The CEA, for those who don’t follow the machinery of economic policymaking, is the body of expert economists that advises the President directly on matters ranging from tax policy and trade to labor markets and long-term growth strategy. It’s not a political talking-heads shop. It’s where serious economic thinking is supposed to meet executive decision-making — and under Yared’s leadership, that’s precisely what happened.
Trump described Yared and his team as “Brainiacs” who “worked around the clock” — and knowing what we know about this administration’s pace and ambition, that’s not hyperbole. The Trump economic agenda has been aggressive, unapologetic, and laser-focused on one goal: Making America Wealthy Again.
The Results Speak for Themselves
The Trump administration came back into office in January 2025 with a clear mandate: reverse the economic damage of the Biden years, restore American manufacturing and energy dominance, renegotiate the trade relationships that had hollowed out the American middle class, and put working Americans — not globalist elites — first. That agenda required serious economic brainpower backing it up, and the CEA under Yared provided exactly that.
While the details of specific policy modeling and advisory work conducted by the CEA are often internal to the executive branch, the broad strokes of the Trump economic revival have been visible to anyone paying attention. Energy production has surged. The administration’s tariff and trade policies have forced long-overdue renegotiations with trading partners who spent decades taking advantage of American openness. Deregulation efforts have continued to unleash private sector activity. And through it all, the Council of Economic Advisers has been in the room, doing the analytical work that serious governance demands.
Trump said it himself — the work has been accomplished with “Great Success.” Coming from a president who doesn’t hand out compliments lightly when it comes to policy outcomes, that means something.
It’s also worth noting something the media will almost certainly gloss over: a respected Ivy League economist chose to serve in the Trump administration. Not just once, but for nearly a year of dedicated, around-the-clock work. The narrative that only ideologues and yes-men surround this President has always been a lie — and Pierre Yared’s tenure is yet another piece of evidence demolishing it.
A Class Act on Both Sides
What stands out about Trump’s Truth Social tribute to Yared is the genuine warmth in it. This isn’t a boilerplate departure statement drafted by a communications staffer. It reads like a man who means what he says — grateful for the service, respectful of the sacrifice, and genuinely wishing Yared and his family well as he returns to Columbia’s graduate school.
That matters in a city — Washington, D.C. — where loyalty and gratitude are often transactional at best and completely absent at worst. The fact that a man of Yared’s caliber came to serve, gave his best, and is departing on terms that clearly reflect a strong and mutually respectful professional relationship is a testament to the culture Trump has built in this second term.
Yared returns to Columbia, where he will undoubtedly continue his research and teaching. And while the academy is not always a friendly place for those who’ve worked in a Republican administration — to put it mildly — the record Yared built at the CEA speaks for itself and will follow him as a mark of genuine public service.
The search for his successor will be worth watching. The bar has been set high.
Bottom Line
President Trump’s recognition of Pierre Yared isn’t just a feel-good moment — it’s a window into how this administration actually operates. Serious people, serious work, serious results. While the legacy media tries to convince you that the Trump White House is chaos, stories like this one tell a different truth: this is a President who recruits talent, demands results, and says thank you when the job is done well.
Pierre Yared served his country with distinction. The President said so himself — and on this one, we couldn’t agree more. Thank you, Professor Yared. And to whoever comes next: the mission of Making America Wealthy Again continues. The clock is still running.
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