Critics Pounce On Trump Over Declaration 'I Don't Want To Hear About The Affordability!' [View all]

Critics on social media pounced on President Donald Trump’s declaration that “I don’t want to hear about the affordability!” — casting it as a tone-deaf “Let them eat cake”-style moment.

Trump went on a lengthy rant Thursday when Fox News Senior White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich confronted him over Federal District Court Judge John McConnell’s ruling ordering the Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits in full by Friday.

But there was one part of the exchange that really caught people’s eye. After belaboring a false claim about Walmart, Trump dismissed complaints about the cost of living with a catchy phrase:

They do a synopsis of everything they they cover every element of Thanksgiving meals twenty five percent down so uh– I don’t want to hear about the affordability! Because right now we’re much less.