Trump will talk prices at Pennsylvania stop as ally says he has few quick-fix options [View all]

Source: Roll Call

Posted December 8, 2025 at 3:17pm, Updated at 4:17pm


President Donald Trump will address high prices and a stubborn economy when he stops by a Pennsylvania swing county Tuesday to sell his fiscal message to the battleground state. But one key Senate ally acknowledged there’s little he can do with the stroke of a pen or single legislative plan on the issue of affordability.

Democratic lawmakers see the topic as a strategic opportunity heading into next year’s midterms, coming on the heels of key wins in the November off-year elections and an overperformance in a recent House special election in a deep-red Tennessee district. Several Democratic senators expressed surprise last week over Trump seeming to dismiss voters’ concerns about high prices by calling the issue a “hoax.”

“Just about everything is down,” the president said on Dec. 3 during an Oval Office event. “They use the word affordability. It’s a Democrat hoax. They’re the ones that drove the prices up.”

But polling shows voters disagree. According to a RealClearPolitics average of recent surveys, 62.2 percent disapproved of Trump’s handling of inflation, while 34.8 approved.

Read more: https://rollcall.com/2025/12/08/trump-inflation-affordability-pennsylvania-rally/

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Heard on the radio this morning that he was going to go to the Poconos to the site of the old "Mt. Airy Lodge", now with a new hotel named "Mt. Airy Casino and Resort" (after they tore down the old facility after it closed and built a new one with a casino when PA legalized gambling). Before the original closed, the hotel used to be known for the heart-shaped beds and tubs -