U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Coming off the heels of a late-night Truth Social spree, President Donald Trump on Tuesday convened a televised Cabinet meeting. Surrounded by loyalists, Trump opened the meeting with an attack on former President Joe Biden, and repeatedly claimed the U.S. has soared economically since his return to the White House on January 20.

Despite the president's cheery claims about the economy, the meeting comes at a time when polls are showing Trump's approval ratings tanking — and his party still reeling from sweeping Democratic victories in 2025's off-year elections of November 4.

Here are five of the wildest moments from Trump's Cabinet meeting.

1. Trump claimed to dramatically lower drug prices.

Trump claimed that prescription drug prices soared under Biden but tumbled after he returned to the White House. And he specifically mentioned a weight loss drug, insisting that a "fat drug, F-A-T, for fat people" went from costing more than $1000 under Biden to $135 under his watch.

"We have reduced drug prices by 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 percent, depending on the drug, depending on the company."

2. Trump called affordability a "Democrat scam."

Democrats are blaming Trump's steep new tariffs for stubborn inflation, but Trump called affordability arguments a "Democrat scam."

Trump said of affordability, "It doesn't mean anything to anybody…. The word affordability is a Democrat scam…. They say it, and then, they go on to the next subject — and everyone thinks: Oh, they had lower prices. No, they had the worst inflation in the history of our country."

3. Trump claimed Democrat are planning the "largest tax hike in history."

Without evidence, Trump told Cabinet members and reporters that Democrats "want the largest tax hike in history." And he added that his agenda includes "no tax on overtime and no tax on Social Security" and "no tax on overtime."

Trump said, "We're bringing back the automobile business. ... 60 percent of it was stolen."

4. Trump railed against Obamacare.

Unlike Trump's first presidency, his second hasn't included a replacement bill for the Affordable Care Act of 2010, a.k.a. Obamacare. Rather, his approach has included defunding Obamacare, which he ranted against during the Cabinet meeting.

Trump told attendees, "The fake news won't write about it. ... Obamacare is a disaster. ... Obamacare was made to make the insurance companies rich."

5. Trump promised to eliminate federal income tax.

Trump's critics are warning that his steep new tariffs will make inflation even worse in the months ahead, but Trump claimed that his tariffs will enable the U.S. to abolish its federal income tax.

Trump insisted, "We're taking in literally trillions of dollars," adding that "you won't be paying income tax" in the future.