(L-R:) President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One, on October 19, 2025. Bret Baier during an interview at Fox News Channel Studios on September 23, 2025. Mark Schiefelbein/AP/Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

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President Trump said Thursday that “I don’t want to hear about the affordability.” The comment — which instantly became prime-time cable fodder — came in the middle of a meandering and misleading response to a question from Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich.

“Groceries are way down. Everything is way down,” Trump falsely claimed. “And the press doesn’t report it. The press reports whatever the con people say. You know, I call the Democrats c

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