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,........

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