Overview
- Sunday night after returning from the Presidents Cup, President Trump told reporters that grocery and other prices ‘have come way down,’ a claim widely repeated in his remarks.
- CNN fact‑checker Daniel Dale and other outlets posted federal Consumer Price Index figures showing overall grocery prices up about 3.4% from January 2025 through August 2026.
- Eggs are a notable exception, falling about 31.1% after an avian flu–driven spike late in the prior administration, but federal data show eggs are an outlier compared with most grocery items.
- Trump’s statement that he ‘inherited the worst inflation in the history of our country’ is not supported by historical CPI data, which show lower peak rates earlier and a 3.0% rate when he took office in January 2025.
- Reporters and critics say the rapid, public fact‑checking matters because affordability is a top voter concern and rising oil prices tied to the Iran war could keep consumer costs under pressure before the midterms.