US President Donald Trump looks on during a meeting of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 02, 2025

US President Donald Trump dismissed one of Americans’ biggest concerns as a Democratic “con job” during a feisty Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.

“There’s this fake narrative that the Democrats talk about: ‘affordability,’” the president declared during a press briefing. “They just say the word. It doesn’t mean anything to anybody. They just say it,” he went on. “‘Affordability.’”

Griping about inflation rates during President Joe Biden’s administration, he said, “I inherited the worst inflation in history. There was no affordability,” while also calling the concept a “con job” and “scam” crafted by Democrats.

Trump: "There's this fake narrative that the Democrats talk about -- 'affordability.' They just say the word. It doesn't mean anything to anybody. They just say it. 'Affordability.' I inherited the worst inflation in history. There was........

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