Trump is ramping up a new effort to convince a skeptical public he can fix affordability worries
US President Donald Trump is adjusting his messaging strategy to win over voters who are worried about the cost of living with plans to emphasise new tax breaks and show progress on fighting inflation.
The messaging is centered around affordability, and the push comes after inflation emerged as a major vulnerability for Trump and Republicans in Tuesday's elections, in which voters overwhelmingly said the economy was their biggest concern.
Democrats took advantage of concerns about affordability to run up huge margins in the New Jersey and Virginia governor races, flipping what had been a strength for Trump in the 2024 presidential election into a vulnerability going into next year's midterm elections.
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