Economy

Welcome to the age of Trumpflation. Groceries are up. Chicken, pork, steak are all more expensive.

Look, they got [prices] up. I'd like to bring them down. It's hard to bring things down once they're up.

It’s not a question of a price tag. It’s not — really, we have no choice.

What I'm thinking of saying to someone is buy it and give half to the US, half, and we'll give you a permit.

This budget put forward by the chairman is a giant step forward to reduce spending.

When you get down to it, it's going to be probably close to a trillion.

Terrible things, horrible things

It’s hard to bring things down once they’re up. You know, it’s very hard. But I think that they will.

Only he understands the real unemployment rate

What we're really facing here is an administration that campaigned on bringing down prices and is not doing that.

We have called out Trump’s plans to impose tariffs.

Running farmers out of business, derailing infrastructure projects, cutting cancer research and killing good-paying clean energy jobs isn’t just unpopular, it’s devastating for working people everywhere.

Tariff lovers will be forced to explain the persistence of high prices.

In Kentucky, local storeowners are already hearing about their suppliers’ prices going up. One estimate suggests the president’s tariffs could cost the average Kentuckian up to $1,200 each year.

It’s hard to bring things down once they’re up. You know, it’s very hard. But I think that they will.

Starting on Day 1, we will end inflation and make America affordable again.

I think what’s going to go up is jobs are going to go up, and prices could go up somewhat short-term, but prices will also go down.

Today, the oligarchs and the billionaire class are getting richer and richer and have more and more power.