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| Here's the headline from today's Wall Street Journal. | ||
| The president grasps for ways to lower prices. | ||
| This is what the story notes. | ||
| A proposal to give Americans direct payments of $2,000 or more. | ||
| An antitrust probe into allegations that meat packing companies are colluding to drive up beef prices. | ||
| And a new plan to lower tariffs on coffee, fruit, and other popular products. | ||
| President Trump and his advisors are rushing to try to lower prices for U.S. consumers after voters sent a warning shot to Republicans this month over the high cost of living. | ||
| Following the recent election, President Trump's aides have urged the president to focus on affordability, and they're drawing up plans to attempt to address voter frustrations. | ||
| That from the Wall Street Journal today, the president last week on Fox News had this to say about the issue of affordability. | ||
| Their line is price is affordability. | ||
| That's the new word, affordability. | ||
| It's much less expensive under Trump. | ||
| And I haven't been here long. | ||
| Nine months is not a long time. | ||
| But look at what I've done to energy. | ||
| Look at the price of gasoline. | ||
| Going from $4.50 to $250 or $270, it's going to be $2 gasoline. | ||
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People want affordable. | |
| Well, the economy is my thing. | ||
| And we have the greatest economy in history. | ||
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Are Republicans not selling it on? | |
| The Republicans don't talk about it. | ||
| So they need to do a better job on Capitol Hill if they're not going to be able to do it. | ||
| The Democrats give false talk and the Republicans, and I say it all the time, Republicans have to talk about the fact that prices are down. | ||
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