<p>Exactly one year into President Donald Trump&#8217;s second term, the economy remains a top concern for voters, and the president believes his administration is doing enough to address so-called affordability issues, but is failing to promote that success to combat &#8220;fake news.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump spoke to reporters in the White House briefing room on Tuesday, highlighting his biggest wins so far in his second term. <a href="https://x.com/PhilipWegmann/status/2013729430741365212">Asked</a> by RealClearPolitics reporter Philip Melanchthon Wegmann if economic woes are still pressing down on Americans or if the economy is a messaging issue for the White House, Trump replied, &#8220;A lot of people are listening to the fake news a little bit.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And I&#8217;m not blaming everybody. I blame ourselves,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;I think we&#8217;ve done a much better job than we were able to promote. We&#8217;re not promoting. We&#8217;re doing a great job and sort of letting the promotion take care of itself.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;But if you look at prices, compared to a year or a year-and-a-half ago, you look at the Biden prices, they were way up through the sky,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;And they use the word &#8216;affordability,&#8217; they just say &#8216;affordability&#8217; and they don&#8217;t talk about it. They created the affordability problem, and we are solving it. We have solved a lot of it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Addressing the economy, along with immigration, have been the biggest issues for the president since he was sworn in last January. In his first year back in the White House, Trump has rewritten global trade with his unprecedented tariffs, which have resulted in billions of dollars of commitments from countries and companies to ramp up manufacturing in the United States.</p>
<p>It will take time before those commitments materialize, however, and in the meantime, Trump&#8217;s tariffs are hitting Americans&#8217; wallets in some cases. Grocery items such as beef, coffee, and some fruits jumped thanks to the president&#8217;s tariffs on nearly all foreign imports. After some concerning election results for Republicans in November, Trump began to more aggressively address the economy, and he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-rolls-back-tariffs-on-dozens-of-food-imports-heres-what-will-be-affected">rolled back</a> tariffs on numerous grocery items and agricultural products.</p>
<p>Under Trump, other grocery items have dropped in price as inflation steadied around 3% for most of the past year. Egg <a href="https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/eggs-us">prices</a> are down over 13% since last year and reached their lowest level since 2019, according to Trading Economics. <a href="https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/poultry">Poultry</a> prices have also dropped over 12% since last year. Gas prices nationwide have tumbled since Trump took office, with the current U.S. average down over 15 cents per gallon compared to this time last year, according to <a href="https://gasprices.aaa.com/gas-prices-nudge-higher-remain-lower-than-last-year/">AAA</a>.</p>
<p>Trump made sure to mention the drop in gas prices during the briefing on Tuesday afternoon, saying, &#8220;Everybody in this room agrees that gasoline prices are way down. When that happens, everything else goes down.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Trump administration has also floated some other policies to address the economic pinch that many Americans are feeling, such as allowing Americans to tap into their 401k penalty-free to purchase a home. Last week, President Trump demanded that credit card companies cap interest rates at 10%, an idea that has been criticized by many conservatives. The administration has also promised that Americans would see massive tax refunds this year thanks to the president&#8217;s tax policies.</p>

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