As Donald Trump and Republicans gather in Dallas this week for “Trump-a-Palooza” — a two-day, high-dollar convention where donors are paying up to $250,000 for face time with the president — Texas families are stuck footing the bill for his agenda. A new report from Defend America Action found that the average Texas household has spent over $2,800 more on goods and services because of inflation under Trump. Instead of doing anything about it, he and his allies are spending the week hobnobbing with billionaires.
While Trump and Republicans toast their failed agenda in Dallas, Texans are watching their grocery bills climb: in Dallas-Fort Worth, fresh fruits and vegetables have jumped 9.5 percent over the past year, and food prices in Houston have climbed nearly three times faster than overall area inflation.
Trump and Republicans in Congress gutted health care to pay for tax breaks for the wealthy. As a result, over 365,000 Texans have lost the coverage they relied on through Medicaid, CHIP, or the ACA, and Texas hospitals stand to lose $609 million a year because of the Medicaid cuts alone.
Trump’s war in Iran has sent gas prices climbing too, with Texas drivers now paying 50 percent more at the pump than they were at the start of the year. Meanwhile, Trump and Republicans in Congress killed the clean energy tax credits that built the Texas solar industry, and nearly a third of all solar projects canceled nationwide in the first quarter of 2026 were in Texas.
Texans are drowning in higher bills while Trump and Republicans throw themselves a party in Dallas.
A full copy of the report can be found here.
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