All posts tagged "Cost Of Living"

The rising cost of living is driving a wedge in the GOP and even turning loyal Trump supporters against him, a CNN data analyst said.

"We're starting to see real cracks in the Republican coalition right now," data analyst Harry Enten told CNN's Erin Burnett on Friday. "It comes to the cost of living. Their patience is running out."

Enten pointed to poll numbers showing that 39 percent of voters say that the GOP is on the right track when it comes to lowering the cost of living. That was compared to 54 percent of voters saying Republicans were on the wrong track before the war in Iran started. ...

Tuesday night was the first stop on President Donald Trump’s new affordability messaging tour, but it was a “train wreck,” U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said.

Trump may have read all his lines at his Pennsylvania rally, but he also ad-libbed a lot, mocking the affordability crisis in America as a “hoax.”

Schumer on Wednesday told his Senate colleagues that Trump “simply doesn’t get what people are struggling through,” because he’s “trapped in his billionaire bubble.”...

The White House reportedly will be submitting plans for President Donald Trump’s $300 million ballroom to a federal planning commission later this month, after the East Wing of the White House has already been demolished and as the president replaces the project’s top architect.

“The 90,000-square-foot ballroom will dwarf the White House itself, at nearly double the size, and President Donald Trump has said it will accommodate 999 people,” the Associated Press reported on Thursday.

Critics blasted the latest news....

Middle-class Americans who have been struggling to stay afloat amid constantly rising prices for basic necessities are losing faith in the ability of President Donald Trump's administration to lower the cost of living.

According to a Thursday article in the Wall Street Journal, this even includes people who voted for Trump in the 2024 election. The Journal observed that even though inflation is not where it was in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, prices for many commonly purchased items like coffee, ground beef and auto parts remain significantly higher in comparison to recent years.

"Life felt more doable a year and a half ago,” said Atlanta, Georgia resident Holly Frew, who told the Journal her combined household income is around $135,000. “I need to know where the light is at the end of the tunnel.”...