Overview
- At the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, the president kicked off a national roadshow to promote his economic agenda and rally support for Republicans heading into the 2026 midterms.
- He asserted that prices are coming down and presented charts highlighting cheaper gas, holiday meals and eggs, while claiming real-wage gains for factory, construction and mining workers.
- He doubled down on tariffs as revenue and industrial policy, even as the administration recently rolled back some food duties, announced $12 billion in farm aid, and formed two task forces to probe grocery price-fixing and related practices.
- The speech repeatedly veered into inflammatory broadsides against immigrants and Rep. Ilhan Omar, undercutting the event’s cost-of-living focus.
- Surveys from CBS/YouGov, Fox News and others indicate affordability remains voters’ top concern, with many skeptical of the president’s claims and some blaming his policies for higher grocery prices.