Overview
- Pressed on Fox News by a longtime supporter worried about rising expenses, the president said grocery and energy prices are “way down” and argued Republicans simply fail to talk about affordability.
- Trump posted that Walmart’s 2025 Thanksgiving dinner is 25% cheaper than last year and declared Democrats’ affordability message “dead,” a claim flagged on X with a Community Note for comparing baskets with fewer items and more store-brand substitutions.
- Walmart’s 2025 kit lists about $39.33 to feed 10 people with 15 items including a Butterball turkey, whereas last year’s promoted bundle served eight, featured more name-brand items and a larger item count, and cost roughly $52, according to retailer materials and trade press.
- Official figures show prices are still rising, with CPI up 0.3% in September and 3% year over year, and polls report widespread strain on household budgets, including roughly three-quarters of Americans saying monthly costs rose by at least $100 in the past year.
- Hours after a federal judge ordered full SNAP payments and the administration moved to appeal, Trump told reporters, “I don’t want to hear about the affordability,” even as some Republicans and advisers urged a sharper policy focus on prices before the 2026 contests.