On the recordDecember 10, 2025
the first stop on Donald Trump's so- called affordability tour was a train wreck. Last night's speech in Pennsylvania was supposed to kick off a new messaging campaign on affordability, but all it did was expose how Donald Trump simply doesn't get it. Anyone listening to Trump's speech could see he simply doesn't get what people are struggling through. He is trapped in his billionaire bubble. In his speech that was supposed to be about affordability, Donald Trump kept making fun of the word ``affordability.'' Does he have to go shop for groceries and not be able to buy the things his family needs? When your car is damaged in an accident and you don't have money for the deductible and you don't have a car, does he understand that? Donald Trump is in his bubble, and he kept making fun of the word ``affordability.'' People are struggling. They can't afford basic needs. And Donald Trump keeps making fun of it by calling it all a giant hoax. But Americans know affordability is not a hoax. They see it as very real every time they go to the grocery store, pay their bills, pay their rent. And Donald Trump just doesn't get it. What was Donald Trump's solution to affordability? Well, last night, Trump said parents should buy their kids fewer dolls for Christmas.…
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