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Donald Trump rallied in Asheville, North Carolina yesterday, back on the campaign trail again. And he discussed

his economic vision, should he win a second term in office? Among other things, he made this pretty

bold promise. I'm announcing today that under my leadership, the United States will commit to the ambitious goal

of slashing energy and electricity prices by half at least, half.

We intend to slash prices by half within 12 months at a maximum 18 months.

And if it doesn't work out, you'll say, oh well, I voted for him. I still got them down a lot,

but we're looking to do it. We're looking to cut them in half. That would be an ambitious goal indeed.

I'm not sure that's actually possible, but slashing energy prices, I like shooting big and then

maybe settling for something a little bit less than that because energy prices have been the main

driver of inflation among other things. Joe Biden was back at the White House and he talked to the

press. It's not getting any better, folks.

The U.S. deep inflation, Mr. President.

Yes, yes, yes. I told you're going to have a soft landing. We're going to have a soft landing.

My policies are

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