President Trump on Tuesday dismissed concerns about affordability as a Democratic “con job” in a remarkable shift after recently latching onto the buzzword encapsulating widespread consumer worries about the cost of living.

Trump branded affordability as a “hoax” in a speech to his Cabinet in which he also downplayed the chances of the Republican Congress passing a deal to prevent looming big increases in health insurance premiums .

“There’s this fake narrative that the Democrats talk about, ‘affordability,'” Trump said. “They just say the word. It doesn’t mean anything.”

“The word ‘affordability’ is a con job by the Democrats,” he added.

Trump’s attack on criticism of his economic record marks a big shift from his recent efforts to talk up his concern about affordability and e

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