Trump spent the week making a bold case about a booming U.S. economy with even better times ahead, as his economic policies kick in. The problem for Trump is that polls show a wide swath of Americans aren’t feeling that optimism yet — and in his initial attempts at addressing the cost of living, he called the affordability issue a Democratic “hoax.”
Hoping to tackle the messaging disconnect, the White House rolled out a $12 billion farmer aid package and sent Trump to Pennsylvania this week to make his case.
Trump has frequently shown himself a strong economic messenger — winning reelection in 2024 by lambasting Joe Biden’s economy. But one year into his presidency, Trump is struggling to convince Americans that the economic pain they see in their cost-of-living expenses isn’t real.
He calls affordability a democrat hoax, but I distinctly remember seeing him give a meandering 75 minute long “press conference” (he took no questions) at his lavish Bedford golf course in August of 2024 next to tables of groceries claiming that he was going to make them more affordable for everybody. If you were too dumb to see through that lie then, it doesn’t sound like you are now (except for the most willfully ignorant citizens). The guy never had a plan other than to blame Biden. Now he states the issue is nonexistent even though he ran on it and subsequently did absolutely nothing to help it with his tariffs. He is a fraud of the highest order.
It’s like he lies or something. 🧐