Donald Trump was unable to connect on a layup question from a Fox News anchor Tuesday — and instead turned a question about the price of groceries into a boastful rant.
The former president appeared Tuesday morning on "Fox & Friends," where anchor Lawrence Jones asked him to comment on concerns about food and gasoline prices expressed by some conservatives interviewed at a diner.
"Mr. President, a lot of people believe you are at your best when fighting for American people," Jones said.
"We just heard in the diners, we heard immigration, but the other top issue was the economy. What are you going to do to give us some relief when it comes to this inflation, whether it's the gas station or to the grocery store, and they're being hit hard?
"How do you fix that in the first 100 days?"
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Trump was either unwilling or unable to offer any specifics on how he would tackle higher costs on food, gas and other necessities, which are up 17.6 percent across the board since January 2021.
"Well, first of all, let me speak to the people in the diner," Trump said. "I saw the vote, and it was 100 percent Trump, none for my opponent, and I love you in the diner. I will take care of you and drill, baby, drill, and get prices, and energy's going to bring it all down. We'll get oil and gas right from Texas and other places, but from Texas largely, and I just appreciate it."
"I saw that vote early this morning, they said, Will [Cain] said — Will's doing a good job, by the way — Will said, 'Are you for Trump,' and the whole place went crazy?" Trump added.
"'What about [Nikki] Haley?' Nobody, not one person. So all of those people in the diner, I love you."
