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Billionaire Trump Doesn’t 'Want To Hear About The Affordability' Problem Many Americans Are Facing

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-government-shutdown-elections-live-updates_n_69087d10e4b00afef15f855e/liveblog_690d56f4e4b0063dd27cf3af

Trump wrongly declared Thursday that grocery costs are down, so he, the president, doesn’t want to talk about affordability.

“Our groceries are way down. Everything is way down, and the press doesn't report it. The press reports whatever the con people say. You know, I call the Democrats con men and women. They make up numbers,” Trump, who is known to lie consistently, said, as he repeated bogus numbers and claims in characteristically erroneous and inconsiderate rambles at the White House.

Trump then falsely stated that Thanksgiving prices are down 25%, a claim he also made on Wednesday, based on Walmart's Thanksgiving meal prices, while ignoring the reduction in product contents and quality. Likewise, he also ignored an October Consumer Price Index Summary that claimed average grocery prices rose 3% compared to the same month last year.

“So I don't want to hear about the affordability,” Trump said as the ongoing government shutdown prevents many federal workers from being paid. “We had the worst inflation in the history of our country. Now we have virtually no inflation at all. It’s now at a very low number and a very normal number. So the affordability is much better with the Republicans.”