A vote for Trump means your groceries will be cheaper.

I will fix it. It'll be fixed very far.

And America will be bigger, better, bolder, richer, safer and stronger than ever before.

And we will make America very importantly affordable again because people cannot afford the

prices. And prices are too high. My plan will rapidly defeat inflation, quickly bring down

prices, and reignite explosive economic growth. We're going to bring prices way down and we'll get it

done fast.

Oops, never mind. Hi again, everybody. It's now five o'clock in New York. Donald Trump made a litany of promises like those to the American people, to his own supporters, to swing boaters,

frankly to all of us, that he would be the one who would

make things cheaper and make all of our lives easier. He would lower prices. He would drive down

inflation. He would drive down the national debt. He would make things more affordable.

But the reality is that prices are high and people are struggling more than ever to get by. A lot of that having to do with

the crisis he created tariffs. They're creating major chaos and confusion and adding to higher

costs and economic anxiety. Those costs are now expected to go even higher. Take the latest

inflation report and analysis from financial experts that came

out yesterday. The Consumer Price Index rose 2.7% on an annual basis in July, which was actually

unchanged from the month before, and less than expected, that's the good news. But about the report,

CNBC finds this, quote, there were worrying signs under the surface,

including evidence that Trump administration policies are stoking inflation for certain goods

and services, economists said. Those effects will likely become more pronounced later this year,

they said. Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's, says this, quote, the tariff and

immigration effects aren't screaming at us, but they're certainly speaking very loudly, and

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