President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One on November 16. Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images

President Donald Trump keeps downplaying America’s affordability crisis , and he continues to falsely claim that inflation and overall prices have fallen during his second term.

“Our prices are coming down very substantially on groceries and things,” Trump told reporters in Florida Sunday evening. “They’re already at a much lower level than they were with the last administration.”

The truth is annual inflation stood at 3% in September. Grocery prices have gained 1.4% between January and September, and US consumer prices have risen 1.7% on average during Trump’s second term, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

But that’s just an average. Look a little

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