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   Rich elites aren't suffering an affordability problem so Trump is right.   
   The wealthy built America, not the poor.  So why shouldn't we focus our   
   attention on their concerns instead of you lower income parasites,   
   especially in those southern states.   
      
      
   As Prices Soar, Trump Denounces 'Affordability' as 'Democrat Scam'   
      
   President Donald Trump on Tuesday blew off US voters' concerns about   
   affordability, even as polls show most voters blame him for increasing   
   prices on staple goods.   
      
   At the start of a Cabinet meeting, Trump falsely claimed that electricity   
   prices are coming down, despite the fact that Americans across the country   
   are struggling with utility bills being driven higher in large part by   
   energy-devouring artificial intelligence data centers.   
      
   The president then claimed more broadly that voter concerns about increased   
   costs were all figments of their imaginations.   
      
   "The word 'affordability' is a Democrat scam, " Trump declared. "They say   
   it and they go onto the next subject, and everyone thinks, 'Oh they had   
   lower prices. ' No, they had the worst inflation in the history of our   
   country. Now, some people will correct me, because they always love to   
   correct me, even though I'm right about everything. But some people like to   
   correct me, and they say, '48 years. ' I say it's not 48 years, it's much   
   more, but they say it's the worst inflation we've had in 48 years, I'd say,   
   ever. "   
      
   Later in the Cabinet meeting, a reporter asked Trump if he believed voters   
   were growing "impatient" with his policies, which have not produced the   
   kind of broad-based decline in prices he once promised.   
      
   Trump, however, doubled down.   
      
   "I think they're getting fake news from guys like you, " he said. "Look,   
   affordability is a hoax that was started by Democrats, who caused the   
   problem of pricing. "   
      
   The president's claims about affordability being a "scam" issue are at odds   
   with what US voters are telling pollsters, however.   
      
   A Yahoo/YouGov poll released late last month, for instance, found 49% of   
   Americans say that Trump's policies have done more to raise prices in the   
   last year, compared with just 24% who say that he's lowered their costs.   
   The survey also found voters are more likely to blame Trump for higher   
   prices than they are to blame former President Joe Biden.   
      
   During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump routinely campaigned on   
   affordability and vowed to start lowering the cost of groceries starting on   
   the very first day of his presidency. Since then, however, Trump has   
   slapped heavy tariffs on a wide range of imported goods, which economists   
   say have led to further price increases.   
      
   Many Democrats were quick to pounce on the president declaring   
   affordability a "scam. "   
      
   "There you have it folks, " wrote Rep. Darren Soto (D-Fla. ) on X. "From 'I   
   will lower prices on Day 1' to this. "   
      
   Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill. ) argued that Trump was trying to make   
   Americans' economic anxieties disappear by telling them not to believe   
   their own bank balances.   
      
   "The president is trying to gaslight Americans into believing that   
   everything is fine, " he observed. "The reality is millions of Americans   
   are worried about their checking accounts and whether they can put food on   
   the table, afford healthcare, and pay their bills. "   
      
   Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) said that Trump's dismissal of voters'   
   affordability worries are "easy to say when you are a billionaire who has   
   never had to choose between groceries and the light bill. "   
      
   "Working families in Texas know the real scam is his tariffs, his higher   
   premiums, and his complete failure to offer any plan to address the housing   
   crisis or actually lower prices, " Garcia added.   
      
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