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Ahead of Tuesday\u2019s elections, Donald Trump assured Americans that prices are coming down, the economy is picking up and the nation is flourishing in ways that make it the world\u2019s envy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voters don\u2019t seem to be buying it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democrats swept key races, as exit polls depicted an electorate gripped by fears that the U.S. is careening in the wrong direction, far from Trump\u2019s glowing portrait of a nation ascendant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s argument that he\u2019s making groceries, gas and other ordinary household necessities easier to afford has failed to take hold, the exit survey suggested. On Election Day, he posted that the price of gas was falling to nearly $2 a gallon. (Nationally, the average price is more than $3 a gallon, according to AAA.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen energy goes down, everything else follows, and it has!!!\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet NBC News exit polls showed that most voters in Tuesday\u2019s elections said they were either holding steady or \u201cfalling behind\u201d in their personal finances. In both Virginia and New Jersey, the percentage of voters who said they were \u201cfalling behind\u201d was about twice that of voters who said they were getting ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will give the president some credit that inflation has been holding around 2.5%, but people in my district are really struggling,\u201d Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said in an interview. \u201cRent and home prices continue to go up. The price of food continues to go up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOverall,\u201d she added, \u201cthe cost of living is a problem and I\u2019ve been talking about this for months. The economy is extremely important, and I think that was a significant factor in the elections.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgia \u2014 a swing state that Trump won in 2024 but lost in 2020 \u2014 is at risk of losing Republican congressional seats in the midterm elections next year, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s electoral strength springs from the emotional bond he forged with working-class voters. He thrilled his supporters in the 2024 election when, in an attempt to troll his opponent Kamala Harris, he doffed his suit jacket, bundled himself in an apron and manned a French fry station at a Philadelphia-area McDonald\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, though, Trump risks appearing detached from the same forgotten slice of the electorate that he successfully mobilized in past elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He gave a campaign-style speech on the economy on Wednesday, not at a small business or family farm, but at a forum for business leaders in a Miami sports arena. The top ticket package was $10,000; it sold out before the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump seems especially proud of his use of tariffs to juice the economy, frequently touting his trade efforts. By making it more costly to buy goods from overseas, he\u2019s betting that more companies will invest in the U.S., fueling a job boom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But voters don\u2019t seem persuaded. Part of the reason may be muddled messaging, a former White House official said; Trump also uses tariffs as a cudgel against world leaders who defy him, leaving voters confused about how, exactly, tariffs are improving lives at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn tariffs, they\u2019ve got to do a better job of messaging why tariffs work for America,\u201d Michael Dubke, White House communications director in Trump\u2019s first term, said in an interview. \u201cNot because they allow him to negotiate and hold foreign powers to account \u2014 how do they benefit the average American? And they\u2019ve done a piss-poor job of that and they have to improve it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, only 34% of registered voters believe the Trump administration has lived up to expectations on the economy, while 63% say it has fallen short, an NBC News poll taken late last month shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government shutdown has threatened the social safety net that ensures that millions of Americans don\u2019t go hungry. In a social media post on Tuesday, Trump invoked the food stamp program as leverage in his showdown with Democrats over reopening the government. He wrote that the program, known as SNAP, was bloated and the benefits would be withheld unless Democrats relented and voted to reopen the government. (A White House spokesperson later said that the administration would comply with a court order requiring that benefits be paid out).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has visited his golf clubs in West Palm Beach, Florida, and outside Washington, D.C., a total of five times since the shutdown began on Oct. 1. In 2014, a year before he entered the race for president, he posted a note on social media assailing Barack Obama for playing golf despite \u201call the problems and difficulties facing the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, Trump returned from a trip to Asia, where he solidified economic concessions like renewed soybean purchases from China and $350 billion in investments from South Korea. Heads of state were also eager to impress the president, lavishing him with gifts. Japan\u2019s prime minister, Sanae Takaishi, gave him a gold leaf golf ball, combining two of Trump\u2019s passions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t elect the president to go out there and travel the world and end the foreign wars,\u201d Greene said. \u201cWe elected the president to stop sending tax dollars and weapons for foreign wars \u2014 to completely not engage anymore. And watching the foreign leaders come to the White House through a revolving door is not helping Americans. It\u2019s not reducing the cost of living. It\u2019s doing nothing about health insurance premiums. It\u2019s doing nothing to solve the problems that are really plaguing vulnerable segments of our population, especially young people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the weekend, Trump appeared at a \u201cGreat Gatsby\u201d-themed party at his Mar-a-Lago resort, an event that produced a viral video of a partially dressed woman dancing in an oversized martini glass. Guests mingled at the oceanside estate \u2014 some in Roaring \u201820s attire \u2014 at a time when many furloughed federal employees are working without pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSomebody wasn\u2019t thinking very clearly when they scheduled the Mar-a-Lago party,\u201d Newt Gingrich, a former House speaker and Trump ally, said in an interview. \u201cI\u2019ll leave it at that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A senior White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, dismissed criticism of the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a Halloween party,\u201d the official said. \u201cWe aren\u2019t supposed to celebrate Halloween?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official also noted that the traveling press pool was invited in to view the party, demonstrating that no one was trying to hide it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent months, Trump has appeared focused on White House d\u00e9cor and ending foreign wars. He\u2019s made no secret that he\u2019d like to win the Nobel Peace Prize next year, an honor denied to him in October. But his party\u2019s political fate may hinge instead on pocketbook issues like the cost of groceries, gas and health insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Democrats\u2019 sweeping victory on Tuesday may have made an impression on Trump and his GOP allies, who must retain control of Congress next year for their agenda to advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, Trump posted on Truth Social that \u201caffordability is our goal.\u201d That was the second time in two days he\u2019d mentioned the word \u201caffordability\u201d \u2014 and only the fourth time he\u2019d used the word in his social media posts since the start of his second term on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need to keep fighting for lower interest rates, for less government spending and for prices to continue to go down \u2014 whether it\u2019s gasoline or food or utilities,\u201d John McLaughlin, a Trump pollster, said in an interview. \u201cWe have to fight for those things and point out that Democrats are on the other side. So, we\u2019ve got a lot of work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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