{"id":2518753,"date":"2025-12-08T12:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-are-wrong-that-trump-is-not-on-top-of-affordability-salena-zito\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T12:39:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:39:27","slug":"democrats-are-wrong-that-trump-is-not-on-top-of-affordability-salena-zito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-are-wrong-that-trump-is-not-on-top-of-affordability-salena-zito\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats are wrong that Trump &#8216;is not on top of&#8217; affordability: Salena Zito"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fdemocrats-are-wrong-that-trump-is-not-on-top-of-affordability-salena-zito%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=2518753&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>Washington Examiner columnist salena Zito argues that Democrats are mistaken in claiming that former President Donald Trump is not focused on affordability. Despite Trump&#8217;s recent remark calling &#8220;affordability&#8221; a &#8220;Democrat scam,&#8221; Zito explains that he was expressing frustration over teh Democrats&#8217; use of the term rather than ignoring the issue.She predicts that Trump will strongly address economic affordability during his upcoming visit to Pennsylvania, contrasting his approach with President Biden&#8217;s previous comments that blamed companies for inflation. Trump plans a national tour focusing on economic issues following a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >recent report showing inflation rose slightly<\/a> to 2.8%, above the Federal Reserve&#8217;s 2% target.  <\/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\">Democrats are wrong that Trump &lsquo;is not on top of&rsquo; affordability: Salena Zito<\/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_2415603\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner <\/em>columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/3887760\/oval-office-interview-trump-make-things-less-expensive\/\">Salena Zito<\/a> predicted that President Donald Trump will &ldquo;forcefully&rdquo; address affordability during his visit to Pennsylvania on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said during a Cabinet meeting last week that &ldquo;the word affordability is a Democrat scam,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-worst-israels-enemies-get-away-with-murder-and-human-shields-and-genocide\/\" title=\"Media Worst: Israel&#039;s Enemies Get Away With Murder\u2014And Human Shields and Genocide\">prompting news outlets<\/a> to infer that the president <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3906426\/trump-cant-shake-affordability-hoax\/\">is not focused on affordability<\/a>. However, according to Zito, Trump was expressing frustration with the Democratic Party&rsquo;s use of the word.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3909991\/first-round-december-social-security-payments-two-days\/\">First round of December Social Security payments goes out in two days<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3910003\/january-social-security-direct-payment-23-days\/\">January Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in 23 days<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance\/3909639\/bull-moose-project-criticizes-lummis-stalled-crypto-legislation\/\">Bull Moose Project criticizes Sen. Lummis over stalled crypto legislation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I think what you&rsquo;ve seen is him initially being frustrated with the Democrats using the word affordability as a catchphrase,&rdquo; Zito said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox &amp; Friends <\/em>on Monday. &ldquo;I think Democrats have sort of misunderstood that the president is not on top of this. And you&rsquo;ll see him today address this issue forcefully.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that [Trump&rsquo;s] message is going to be very, very different, right, with President Biden. If you remember, in 2024, early 2024, President Biden talked about snackflation. He literally blamed the snack companies, where 80% of them are located in Pennsylvania, for the inflation,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think you&rsquo;re going to see Trump blaming a company or people or manufacturing or farmers or truckers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3269204&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=2b3cdd772ffe88d200d9693098cd4eee\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/3887760\/oval-office-interview-trump-make-things-less-expensive\/\"><strong>TRUMP SAYS HE&rsquo;S &lsquo;WORKING TO MAKE THINGS LESS EXPENSIVE&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump will embark on a national tour on Tuesday to address economic matters after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that inflation <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3907540\/inflation-rose-september-feds-preferred-gauge-delayed-report\/\">rose a tenth of a percentage point<\/a> to 2.8% for the year ending in September. The bureau&rsquo;s report was delayed due to the historic government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Reserve has a goal of 2% annual inflation, but has not been able to achieve it since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-economy-is-devastating-black-americans\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Economy Is Devastating Black Americans\">inflation began rising<\/a> in early 2021.<\/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>Democrats wrong: Trump is focused on affordability, says Zito<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2518754,"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\/12\/AP25334809405658.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[18297,3685,34951,3634],"class_list":["post-2518753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-affordability","tag-democrats","tag-salena-zito","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25334809405658.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518753","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2518753"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2518757,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518753\/revisions\/2518757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2518754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2518753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2518753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2518753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}