Let's talk about Trump pretending he's created affordability.... - Belle of the Ranch

Well, howdy there Internet people. It's Belle again. So, today we're going to talk about Trump pretending he's created affordability.

In a truly bizarre political move, Trump was in Georgia and he decided to declare victory in the affordability crisis. Trump said, “you notice what word have you not heard over the last two week--affordability--because I've won. I've won affordability. I had to go out and talk about it.”

That's a far cry from him just a little while ago saying, "The word affordability is a con job by the Democrats." I'm curious what policies he enacted to have won affordability. He claims he won. So, what did he do? The one Big Beautiful Bill that left the working class out in the cold and raised the cost of health care for millions.

People see the prices. They know things aren't suddenly more affordable. It's not an election where you can just say you won and have some people believe you.

As I'm sure you've heard by now, inflation came in hot in December, but Trump said he won on groceries. So, let's start there. Since he took office ground beef is up about 15%, orange juice is up about 28%, bacon is up 2%, coffee went up 33%. A report from the Senate Joint Economic Committee says that a typical American family paid $310 more for groceries in 2025 than they did in 2024.

Electricity has gone up on average 6 to 7% and he's actively working to stop bringing more power supply online to reduce prices.

He had been trying to take credit for inflation trickling down occasionally, but the reality is that's from the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates high, something Trump has fought since he took office. Now that it's going back up, I'm sure he'll say it's still Biden's fault.

He raised health care on millions of Americans. That's not affordable.

The number of people working two full-time jobs is hitting record levels. The number of people working more than one job hit an all-time high in November. That doesn't seem like something that would be happening in an affordable economy. I'm just saying, especially since last year was the worst year for job growth outside of recession in more than 20 years.

Now, here's the truly worrying part about his new tactic when it comes to addressing the economy that is failing working-class people. He says he's won. He's just telling people struggling to get by that things are better. If he's telling you that things are already better, you know what he's not going to do? Enact any policies to try to actually make it better. He can't. If he gets with Congress to try to come up with some kind of relief for working-class people, it will ruin the illusion that he's already won.

The only good news is that he promised to keep housing costs going up. So given how well he fulfilled his other economic promises, we should see the housing market tank any day now.

Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good day.