Hit in the head by reality (and declining opinion polls), some Trump aides evidently told the Maga king that his "prices are down" rhetoric made him sound dangerously out of touch with typical Americans, many of whom are angry about prices continuing to climb after Trump promised to bring them down. Trump's advisers seized on one quick fix to reduce some prices: roll back some of Trump's beloved tariffs. That sensible idea contradicted Trump's absurd assertion that new tariffs wouldn't raise prices for US consumers.
With some tariffs being rolled back on coffee, beef, tomatoes and bananas along with other tropical fruit, Trump will no doubt trumpet to the world that he's cut prices as soon as those foods start declining in price. That would be like an arsonist boasting that he put out a fire that he had started…
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/20/trump-affordability-mess-republicans
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