Trump flounders as 3-time MAGA voter begs him to 'please do something' about rising costs
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An unhappy MAGA supporter confronted President Donald Trump about rising costs during an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier Wednesday, and Trump had a hard time replying, reports The Independent.
The supporter begged Trump to “please do something” about the rising cost of living, and the president "rambled" and floundered, claiming that prices were "way down," claiming that Republicans aren't talking about how things are actually affordable again.
Baier read a statement from from North Carolina retiree Regina Foley, a three-time Trump voter, who said she was “not happy” with the current economic climate.
“I want the Republicans to keep control of Congress in 2026 but something has to be done fast,” the statement from Foley read. “I don’t see the best economy now – Wall Street numbers do not reflect Main Street money, please do something, President Trump.”
In what The Independent describes as a "meandering answer," Trump replied, "Beef we have to get down. I think of groceries, it’s an old-fashioned word but it’s a beautiful word. Beef we have to get down but we’ve got prices way down.”
Trump continued to "ramble," according to The Independent, saying, "Think of this, [Foley] drives a car, probably, and her energy prices are way down and energy is so all-encompassing it’s so big that when energy comes down everything comes down, everything follows it and I have energy down to five-six-year lows now.
“I think they are coming down, but they are down already. I think the biggest problem is Republicans don't talk about it. They don't talk about the word affordability and the Democrats lie about it.”
Daniel Dale, a senior reporter and fact-checker for CNN, later addressed Trump's comments on social media, noting that grocery prices were actually up and rising at “the fastest month-to-month rate in three years.”