Trump claims ‘inflation is solved’ on Election Day as cost-of-living tops voter concerns
Trump made the claim on Fox & Friends even as fresh data shows prices still rising and nearly half of voters rank cost-of-living as their top issue.
What to know
- Trump told Fox & Friends on Election Day that "inflation is solved," but Commerce Department data shows September inflation rose to 3.6 percent year-over-year, up from 3.4 percent in August.
- A Reuters/Ipsos poll found 48 percent of registered voters name cost-of-living as their top voting issue, and 49 percent say their household finances have deteriorated since Trump returned to office.
- Criticism of Trump's framing came from both a conservative group (Advancing American Freedom) and a former Trump ally (Marjorie Taylor Greene), signaling unease even among sympathetic voices.
- Trump pushed back on media characterization of his election-eve speech, insisting it was a closed news conference rather than his true closing midterm pitch.
Donald Trump U.S. President
Marjorie Taylor Greene Former Georgia congresswoman, ex-Trump allyJoel Griffith Advancing American Freedom spokesperson
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Trump disputes characterization of his reflecting pool speech
After criticism of the election-eve speech, Trump posted on Truth Social that the event was a closed news conference, not his final midterms speech, pointing instead to a prior rally in Iowa and Kansas.
“It was a NEWS CONFERENCE, nobody was invited, it was closed to the Public — Just Reporters. My Final Midterms Speech was the day before in lowa and Kansas, where we had 50,000 people. This just shows you how FAKE the News is.”
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Oh thank goodness, and just in the nick of time 😂 Trump declares ‘inflation is solved’ as Americans battling cost-of-living head to polls Nearly half of registered voters named cost-of-living as the top issue in deciding how they would vote, according to one poll What a total buffoon 🤪 Lets vote this moron right into prison. https://www…
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Conservative group calls Trump's inflation claim untrue — Joel Griffith of Advancing American Freedom, a group founded by former VP Mike Pence, disputed Trump's claim on X, saying families are losing ground as inflation heats up.
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Trump declares "inflation is solved" on Fox & Friends — Dialing into Fox News on Election Day morning, Trump claimed to have solved inflation and said the country is doing well and respected again.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene criticizes Trump for ignoring cost of living — The former Trump ally posted on X that Trump used his closing pitch to brag about the reflecting pool renovation instead of addressing inflation and gas prices.
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Trump holds election-eve speech at Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool — Trump called the midterms "the most important midterm, I believe in our lifetime," but spent the first 20 minutes of the speech discussing the pool's renovation rather than cost-of-living issues.
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Commerce Department reports September inflation rose to 3.6% — Consumer prices rose 3.6 percent year-over-year in September, up from 3.4 percent in August, with monthly prices climbing 0.5 percent, the highest since May.
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