Remember when Donald Trump promised cheaper food, 50% lower energy bills, and that he’d “end inflation”? He said he’d accomplish all of it. Well, ten months into his second term, instead of economic relief, Trump has given Pennsylvanians higher prices across the board. Keystone State families are barely keeping their heads above water, and as Trump heads to the Commonwealth next week to gaslight them on affordability, he’s more unpopular than ever. See below for more on Trump’s broken promises to Pennsylvanians:
Transcript: “Here’s a promise I’m making to you. I will cut your energy and electricity prices in half – 50% – within 12 months of taking the oath of office. Within 12 months of taking the oath of office, I will cut your energy prices by 50% and it’s not gonna be hard. A top priority for my administration will be to cut the cost of energy in half within the first 12 months of taking office. So we’ll cut it in half. I think we’ll be able to do better than that, and I think we’ll do that very quickly. That includes heating, air conditioning, electricity and gasoline. Your bills will be less than half, but we’ll take care of that. We think energy costs, all of it – air conditioning, heating, all of it, including gasoline – will drop by more than 50% within the first 12 months. So remember that. We will cut energy and electricity prices in half within 12 months. We will have your energy prices, your air conditioning, heating, we will have your energy prices cut in half. It will be cut in half within a period of one year from January 20, which is the day we take office. And that’s going to save you a lot of money. And we’re going to bring your energy so low. We’re going to bring your energy prices so low that other things will follow. And that’s what happens. It’s very simple. It’s so bad. When you look at food prices now, where it’s gone up by double and triple and quadruple, and you can never get that back, but we’re going to get it way down. I promise you. The groceries, the groceries. What they’re talking about is food – everything is going to be coming down. When we do that, we’re also going to get your interest rates way down.”