Donald Trump doesn’t want us to believe our own eyes. He wants us to accept that things are getting more affordable, even though we see prices rising all around us. To be fair, he’s not the first president to try to play sleight-of-hand on Americans; every president spends his time in office selling Americans on how great the country is doing under his leadership, regardless of the reality on the ground (or in the grocery store).
In this vein, President Trump is hitting the road to talk about the “great economy” he’s created in less than a year in office. In typical Trumpian terms he recently gave the economy a grade of “A+++++,” but the facts say otherwise. Let’s look at a few indicators.
Since ground beef is a staple in many Americans’ diet, it offers a good example. Its price has skyrocketed in recent years—including under Trump. A pound of ground beef was $3.95 five years ago, and as of September 2025 it was $6.32/pound—a 60% increase. And lest you believe the entire increase occurred under the Biden Administration, ground beef was $5.54/pound this past January, which means it’s increased by 14% in just the first nine months of
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