The real state of the union
According to the Congressional Budget Office, Trump’s tariffs function as a consumer tax on food.
The Joint Economic Committee estimates that American families paid $310 more for groceries in Trump’s first year.
“Any consumer looking for relief from tariff-driven price hikes did not find it at the Supreme Court,” said our @AlexSJacquez to @CBSNews.
Trump’s tariffs cost the average working family nearly $1,200 last year.
“The worst economy since the last time he was in office”
Inflation under Trump has cost the average family over **$1,600** in price hikes on essentials like housing and transportation – and yet he has called Americans’ affordability concerns a “hoax.”
During tonight’s State of the Union, Trump is reportedly going to “sell the economy.”
Don’t be fooled by the con.
Here’s how the economy has actually been doing 👇
80%. So much for cheaper on day one. Instead we got robbed by his illegal tariffs only for corporations to get the refund.
“The economy was his super power,” our @owenslindsay1 told @business.
Not anymore. As Lindsay noted, the political reality has flipped for Trump in his second term.
Affordability was the promise, the results are a failure.
At tonight’s State of the Union, Trump may claim he’s “won affordability.” Working families know better.
Inflation has cost the average family over $1,600 on essentials like housing and transportation — and tariffs piled on nearly $1,300 more last year.
Safe to say that the
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“Trump is going to try to make 2 cases today: that the economy is the greatest that it's ever been & that he has declared victory over affordability.
Unfortunately, voters do not seem to believe that this is true, & the data doesn't back it up either.”
@AlexSJacquez previews
The real State of the Union this year? Expensive.
That hard-to-find ‘cancel subscription’ button? Companies use it on purpose to trap us into never-ending money-sucking subscriptions.
As @owenslindsay1 told @TheCut: “The onus should not be on the consumer to bob & weave our way out of this. It’s a huge waste of time, money, &
The State of the Union is struggling. The hard data is getting worse, the soft data is in the toilet. Trump is at some of the worst numbers of both his terms. Looking forward to the speech! /fin
They hate everything about it: he's underwater on every single issue, and his historic strength on the economy has completely flipped in one year 5/x
