WASHINGTON — At a White House roundtable with farmers, an open talk with tech titans and a rally in Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump this week has ramped up his efforts to sell his economic agenda as polls and consumer confidence data show growing anxiety among Americans.

Trump, reelected in large part on a promise to reduce prices on "Day One," is now facing polls that show widespread dissatisfaction with his handling of the economy nearly a year into his second term, as Democrats have notched wins in several key races this year by focusing on a message of affordability.

The president, who at first appeared to embrace the term, describing himself in a social media post last month as "the affordability president," has since repeatedly knocked it. He called affordability a "hoax that

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