As President Donald Trump continues to call affordability a “con job,” his own base is singing a different tune, according to a new poll.
“I think affordability is the greatest con job‚" Trump said in the Oval Office on Wednesday as he announced a rollback on Biden-era fuel efficiency standards for cars.
“They look at you, and they say, ‘Affordability,’” he added of Democrats. “They don’t say anything else. Everyone says, ‘Oh, their prices are so low.’ No, they had the worst inflation."
Trump launched a similar attack during his Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, calling affordability — one of his top issues on the 2024 campaign trail — a “fake narrative” pushed by Democratic lawmakers.
“The word ‘affordability’ is a Democrat scam,” Trump said at the White House. “They say it, and then

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