President Donald Trump spoke to the press inside the Capitol Tuesday after he met with the House Republican caucus about the budget bill they aim to pass this week. However, viewers noticed some of Trump's tangents or answers to questions were unusual — or downright false.
One reporter asked Trump about his 2024 campaign promise to lower the prices of groceries — combined with a budget bill that would cut food assistance.Trump answered the question by promising that people would be able to afford more food because their grocery prices were going down.
"Trump says cutting food aid is going to give people more food. He is completely divorced from reality," the Never-Trump organization, the Lincoln Project, said in response.
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Another claim from Trump was that gas prices had dropped below $2 per gallon.
"Where, oh where, is the $1.98 gasoline?!?" asked former broadcast journalist Charley Johnson.
"I’m begging a reporter to simply say 'none of that is true' in response, just once," commented Matthew Wells, the assistant managing editor of MMA Junkie, a USAToday sports site.
"Trump says gas costs $1.99. In fact, the average price today is $3.17. I know this seems bad, but it’s not like he didn’t recognize George Clooney at a fundraiser," said MSNBC columnist Michael A. Cohen on X.
NBC News reporter Garrett Haake linked to the AAA gas prices tracking website, also noting that the national average is $3.17 per gallon, remarking, "No state has fuel below $2.66."
Another reporter asked Trump whether he could guarantee that MAGA supporters would not lose their health insurance under the new GOP bill. Trump replied, "Oh, they won't lose health insurance."
YouTube host Keith Edwards said on X, "Ok so confirmed: they’re losing their health insurance."
"That sound you hear is a wave of Democratic operatives bookmarking this for their oppo files," quipped reporter Emily Brooks.
Semafor reporter David Weigel harkened back to the promise by former President Barack Obama that under the Affordable Care Act, "if you like your doctor, you can keep them."
Under Trump, Weigel said, "If you like your Medicaid, you can keep it."
Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) responded to Trump's comments about his colleague Rep. LaMonica McIver, who the Justice Department said was being charged for her interaction with law enforcement at an ICE facility in New Jersey.
"For Trump's friends, anything; for his enemies, the law," Huffman said, posting a gif of the Jan. 6 attackers pushing their way through the police line.
