MOUNT POCONO, Penn.—President Donald Trump told an energetic crowd packed with thousands of supporters on Dec. 9 that his administration’s policies are lowering the cost of living across the country.
“I have no higher priority than making America affordable again,” Trump said. “We’re bringing prices down rapidly.”
Top of mind for the president was the economy as he spoke in a quaint mountain town in northeastern Pennsylvania.
The boisterous crowd hung on every word, interacting with the president and spontaneously erupting into cheers of “USA” and “four more years” throughout the evening.
Trump described efforts underway to tame inflation, which accelerated during the pandemic and under his predecessor, President Joe Biden, to levels as high as 9.1 percent….