{"id":2504627,"date":"2025-10-30T06:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/electric-slide-why-trump-cant-afford-to-ignore-rising-prices\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T06:34:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:34:34","slug":"electric-slide-why-trump-cant-afford-to-ignore-rising-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/electric-slide-why-trump-cant-afford-to-ignore-rising-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric slide: Why Trump\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0afford to ignore rising prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felectric-slide-why-trump-cant-afford-to-ignore-rising-prices%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2504627&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses President Donald Trump&#8217;s claims that energy and overall prices are decreasing, despite complex economic data showing mixed trends. While gas prices have declined slightly over the past year, electricity and food costs have risen, contributing to ongoing affordability concerns among Americans. Trump&#8217;s optimistic rhetoric on inflation echoes past political messaging by figures like Joe Biden and hillary Clinton, who also struggled with voters&#8217; economic frustrations.<\/p>\n<p>Republican strategists argue that Trump&#8217;s policies aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/european-climate-bureaucrats-are-dooming-the-continent-to-a-very-dark-winter\/\" title=\"European Climate Bureaucrats Are Dooming The Continent To A Very Dark Winter\">expanding fossil fuel production<\/a> and deregulation should lower energy costs over time, contrasting this with Democratic emphasis on green energy, which they claim drives up prices. The White House highlights a decrease in the number of Americans citing the economy as their top issue, but polls show Trump has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-net-approval-ratings-drop-to-worst-level-months-before-2024-trump-rematch\/\" title=\"...&#039;s net approval ratings hit a new low months before the 2024 rematch with Trump\">net negative approval rating<\/a> on handling inflation.<\/p>\n<p>Experts warn that rising prices, particularly for energy and food, could pose political challenges for Trump and Republicans ahead of upcoming elections. Democrats are seeking to make the issue a focus in key races, while Republicans emphasize infrastructure reform and energy policy adjustments.the article portrays inflation and affordability as significant political and economic concerns that trump cannot afford to ignore.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Electric slide: Why Trump&nbsp;can&rsquo;t&nbsp;afford to ignore rising prices<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2387024\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> keeps saying that prices, particularly <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/energy\/\">energy prices<\/a>, are going down, despite data painting a more complex <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\">economic picture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That rhetoric could cause political problems for Republicans before <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-elections\/\">next year&rsquo;s midterm elections<\/a> if voters express their exasperation at the ballot box after Trump last year promised on the campaign trail, in his own words, to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z2ACEVWKaCs&amp;t=143s\">&ldquo;rapidly drive prices down&rdquo; <\/a>and<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z2ACEVWKaCs&amp;t=143s\"> &ldquo;make America affordable again.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3867184\/trump-xi-superpower-summit-whats-at-stake\/\">Trump and Xi superpower summit:&nbsp;Here&rsquo;s&nbsp;what&rsquo;s&nbsp;at stake<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3867291\/trump-fires-design-review-panel-ballroom-arch\/\">Trump fires entire design review panel overseeing planned ballroom and arch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3866813\/sean-duffy-government-shutdown-airports-nasa\/\">Sean Duffy turns airports into his bully pulpit as shutdown ensnares travel&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>This week, during a luncheon for CEOs on the sidelines of this year&rsquo;s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders summit in South Korea, Trump repeated that &ldquo;energy prices are down.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Gasoline prices are down. Grocery prices are down,&rdquo; Trump told the business executives.<\/p>\n<p>Gas prices are down. Last week&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/cpi\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-contributor-says-gas-prices-actually-arent-that-high\/\" title=\"... Post Contributor Says ... \u2018Actually Aren\u2019t That High\u2019\">consumer price index report<\/a><\/a> by the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-labor\/\">Department of Labor<\/a>&rsquo;s Bureau of Labor Statistics found that although gas prices increased by 4.2% during the month ending Sept. 30, they decreased by 0.5% during the year ending on that same date.<\/p>\n<p>However, using the same measurement gauge, electricity prices went up. Electricity prices decreased by 0.5% during September, but they increased by 5.1% compared to last September. Simultaneously, piped gas prices also dropped by 1.2% last month, but they rose by 11.7% in contrast to last year.<\/p>\n<p>As an aside, food prices writ large went up both during September and the past year by 0.2% and 3.1%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s rhetoric echoes that of his once-rivals: former President&nbsp;Joe Biden&nbsp;and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee&nbsp;Hillary Clinton, who both individually struggled to address voters&rsquo; economic concerns, and ultimately led unsuccessful White House runs.<\/p>\n<p>Before suspending his 2024 campaign, both Biden and his administration described post-pandemic and -American Rescue Plan Act price increases as<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/hereandnow\/2024\/01\/11\/janet-yellen-economy-inflation\">&nbsp;&ldquo;transitory,&rdquo;<\/a>&nbsp;messaging that did not resonate with voters and forced Biden to reckon with low approval ratings.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton famously dismissed Trump&rsquo;s campaign slogan &ldquo;Make America Great Again,&rdquo; contending instead that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HillaryClinton\/status\/758501814945869824\">&ldquo;America is already great.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not here to declare victory &ndash; we&rsquo;ve got a long way to go on the economy,&rdquo; Biden told union workers in 2023 in Philadelphia. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m here to say we have more work to do. We have a plan that&rsquo;s turning things around pretty quickly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When asked for a response, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> underscored that Trump has acknowledged the political and economic problems posed by prices, including by declaring an energy emergency on his first day back in office in January and expediting &ldquo;the expansion of coal, natural gas, and nuclear power generation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was Joe Biden who had a Hillary Clinton problem &ndash; while Americans pleaded for commonsense energy policies, his radical and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >destructive climate agenda caused electricity prices<\/a> to soar by more than 30% in just four years,&rdquo; White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;While many states have capitalized on their ability to &lsquo;drill, baby, drill&rsquo; again, Democrat-led states continue to have higher electricity prices because of their obsession with unreliable and costly green energy sources like wind and solar.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A White House official added: &ldquo;President Trump has also pushed for natural gas pipelines, and ended the Green New Scam of massive government handouts for wind and solar. The only viable way to meet the&nbsp; growing energy demand and to lower energy prices is to unlock the potential of U.S. natural gas, coal, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-dont-buy-trumps-short-term-fix-for-ai-power-rate-spikes\/\" title=\"Experts don&#039;t buy ...s short term fix for AI power rate spikes\">establish robust nuclear power<\/a> to grow our grid.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Republican strategist Jim Carter reiterated that the average national price of electricity has &ldquo;risen rapidly&rdquo; since 2021 and that &ldquo;prices vary widely by state&rdquo; because of different &ldquo;local fuel sources, regulatory policies, and the methods used to generate the electricity.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Carter cited Hawaii and California, which have the country&rsquo;s highest electricity prices, averaging 37.29 cents and 29.07 cents per kW, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Although Republican-governed states tend to have some of the country&rsquo;s lowest prices, so do New Mexico and Washington state, per the same data.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Trump administration&rsquo;s tax and deregulatory policies are designed to produce more energy at lower cost, providing benefits economy-wide,&rdquo; Carter, policy director for Republican public affairs firm Navigators Global, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;Over time, those policies will help tame electricity prices.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The White House also emphasized a Gallup poll this month that found a double-digit decrease in the number of respondents who considered the economy to be their most pressing concern compared to last October, 43% to 24%.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fake News CNN can&#8217;t believe the massive drop in Americans who say the economy\/inflation are the top problems facing the U.S. compared to last year.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump&#8217;s economy is DELIVERING &mdash; and Americans know it. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0nEIWIoxHt\">pic.twitter.com\/0nEIWIoxHt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1983306539923583154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Fake News CNN can&rsquo;t believe the massive drop in Americans who say the economy\/inflation are the top problems facing the U.S. compared to last year,&rdquo; the White House this week wrote on social media. &ldquo;President Trump&rsquo;s economy is DELIVERING &mdash; and Americans know it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, Trump&rsquo;s average approval rating regarding inflation is net negative 27 percentage points, 36% approve-63% disapprove, according to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/approval\/donald-trump\/issues\/inflation\">RealClearPolitics<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pollster Lee Miringoff agreed that Trump and Republicans may experience political problems if &ldquo;people experience a weakening economy.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Impressions of President Trump are pretty much baked in so there is not likely to be a loss of credibility for him,&rdquo; the Marist University Institute for Public Opinion director told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;Affordability is the issue more than a threat to Trump&rsquo;s image.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Even as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/federal-reserve\/\">Federal Reserve <\/a>on Wednesday decreased <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/interest-rates\/\">interest rates<\/a> for the second time this year to counter an increasing unemployment rate, Republican strategist Doug Heye argued voters appear to be &ldquo;pretty clear&rdquo; that, irrespective of what is &ldquo;happening in Washington, their concern is rising prices.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Food prices have been a long concern, and with energy prices soaring &ndash; and home heating oil season fast approaching &ndash; those costs are an increasing concern, as well,&rdquo; the former Republican National Committee communications director told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;How that is not the No. 1 focus from either party is surprising.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, fellow Republican strategist Alex Conant asserted Democrats &ldquo;are trying to make this an issue and Trump won&rsquo;t ignore their attacks.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If higher electricity prices become a real issue, everyone is going to point the finger at someone else,&rdquo; the Firehouse Strategies partner told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;The White House is doing a good job talking about the importance of permitting reform and investing in infrastructure, but higher prices are always a tough political problem.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To that end, Democrats are attempting to make prices, especially electricity prices, an issue in next week&rsquo;s off-year elections in New Jersey, New York, and Virginia before next year&rsquo;s congressional contests.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump claimed that he&rsquo;d &ldquo;already taken care of&rdquo; inflation &mdash; a slap in the face to the millions of working families who are struggling to afford their rent and basic necessities like groceries, gas, and prescription drugs,&rdquo; the Democratic National Committee told reporters after last week&rsquo;s release of September&rsquo;s consumer price index report.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3867184\/trump-xi-superpower-summit-whats-at-stake\/\"><strong>TRUMP AND XI SUPERPOWER SUMMIT: HERE&rsquo;S WHAT&rsquo;S AT STAKE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In reaction to the same report, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters, &ldquo;inflation came in below market expectations in September thanks to President Trump&rsquo;s economic agenda.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump risks political fallout by downplaying rising prices<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2504628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-29-at-3.26.16-AM.png?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[9168,54815,5708,39111,3634],"class_list":["post-2504627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-economy","tag-electric-slide","tag-inflation","tag-rising-prices","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-29-at-3.26.16-AM.png?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2504627"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2504631,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504627\/revisions\/2504631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2504628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2504627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2504627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2504627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}