{"id":2519937,"date":"2025-12-11T07:34:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T12:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-still-has-a-ways-to-go-before-winning-affordability-war\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T07:36:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T12:36:47","slug":"trump-still-has-a-ways-to-go-before-winning-affordability-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-still-has-a-ways-to-go-before-winning-affordability-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump still has &#8216;a ways to go&#8217; before winning affordability war"},"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\">22<\/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%2Ftrump-still-has-a-ways-to-go-before-winning-affordability-war%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=2519937&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 covers President Donald Trump&#8217;s rally at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, focusing on his efforts to promote his economic platform amid concerns about affordability ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. While Trump&#8217;s supporters left the event energized, many expressed doubts about his ability to fully address the rising costs of living that have persisted since the COVID-19 pandemic and Joe Biden&#8217;s presidency. Trump&#8217;s speech emphasized criticizing the Democrats and portraying them as out of touch with working-class needs, but concrete plans to reverse inflation-related issues received less focus. Attendees varied in their views-some remained loyal and hopeful, while others acknowledged ongoing economic struggles and urged more results from Trump, reflecting a cautious and somewhat skeptical mood among voters as the political contest intensifies.  <\/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\">&lsquo;All bark, no bite&rsquo;: Trump still has &lsquo;a ways to go&rsquo; before winning affordability war<\/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<p><strong>MOUNT POCONO, Pennsylvania &mdash;&nbsp;<\/strong>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3912580\/trump-affordability-speech-pennsylvania\/\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> Tuesday night audience left the Mount Airy Casino Resort in high spirits, but some attendees had lingering doubts about the current and future state of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have spent weeks pressing Trump and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> officials to do more to sell the president&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3911260\/trump-affordability-rebrand-pennsylvania-casino\/\">economic platform<\/a> heading into a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >highly contested midterm election cycle<\/a>, considering how voters&rsquo; affordability concerns buoyed Democrats to a clean sweep in the November <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/election-2025\/\">2025 elections<\/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\/3913796\/watch-live-trump-participates-roundtable\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump participates in roundtable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3912955\/elon-musk-would-not-do-doge-again-katie-miller-interview\/\">Musk says he wouldn&rsquo;t do DOGE again if given the chance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3910277\/trump-lame-duck-era-2028-gop-field\/\">Trump plays kingmaker with 2028 field as lame-duck era looms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Though Trump has logged some legitimate economic wins through his first year in office, he has largely failed to wipe out the significant post-COVID-19 price increases that dogged former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden&rsquo;s<\/a> tenure, something Trump repeatedly said throughout his 2024 campaign that he&rsquo;d accomplish within days of reentering office.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge John Bush, left, watches as President Donald Trump arrives at Mount Airy Casino Resort, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Trump&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3912580\/trump-affordability-speech-pennsylvania\/\">Tuesday night speech<\/a> was clearly focused on driving home that message, his biggest applause lines of the night all seemed to come more from attacks against Biden himself, or even the campaign rally atmosphere itself, rather than any real discussion of the president&rsquo;s plans for delivering on his promise to roll back all of the economic pitfalls of his predecessor.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[The Democrats]&nbsp;always have a hoax,&rdquo; the president declared Tuesday evening. &ldquo;The new word is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3911260\/trump-affordability-rebrand-pennsylvania-casino\/\">affordability<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Democrats talking about affordability is like Bonnie and Clyde preaching about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-d-c-mayor-extends-emergency-declaration-for-15-days\/\" title=\"Washington, D.C. mayor extends emergency declaration for 15 days\">public safety<\/a>,&rdquo; he continued, drawing hearty guffaws from the audience. &ldquo;They are really the, truly, the enemy of the working class when they do it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mark Blanton, a stone mason from outside of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/philadelphia\/\">Philadelphia<\/a>, suggested that he had been starting to question his vote for Trump in the last election, based on concerns about prices at the grocery store, but that attending Tuesday&rsquo;s rally &ldquo;lit a fire&rdquo; under him again.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t get me wrong. No way in hell I&rsquo;d&rsquo;ve ever voted for[formerVicePresident[formerVicePresident<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\">Kamala Harris<\/a>], you know what I&rsquo;m saying, but just being back in that room &mdash; seeing all the support MAGA has and all the fun President Trump has working to get it done for all of us. That got me,&rdquo; he stated, noting that he was particularly excited to show his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-perils-of-a-generation-far-removed-from-the-guardians-of-liberty\/\" title=\"The Perils Of A Generation Far Removed From The Guardians Of Liberty\u00a0\">friends back home<\/a> a video he snapped of the president doing his patented &ldquo;Trump dance&rdquo; to the Village People&rsquo;s &ldquo;YMCA&rdquo; after wrapping his remarks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Supporters cheer after President Donald Trump speaks at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-honeymoon-s-over-sweetie\">&lsquo;The honeymoon&rsquo;s over, sweetie&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>Furthermore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reported-four-times-more-local-secret-service-agents-were-sent-to-protect-jill-biden-on-the-same-day-trump-was-shot\/\" title=\"Reported: Four times more local Secret Service agents were sent to protect Jill Biden on the same day Trump was shot\">multiple rally attendees<\/a>, not to mention people who hadn&rsquo;t visited Mount Airy on Tuesday to see Trump, suggested to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that they still wanted to see more results from the president.<\/p>\n<p>Tanya Delgado, a retired nurse from New York who attended Trump&rsquo;s remarks with a few friends, chatted with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> as the group took turns on a slot machine near the entrance to the casino floor after Trump&rsquo;s speech.<\/p>\n<p>Delgado claimed to have &ldquo;always liked&rdquo; Trump but had never voted for him, adding that elevated gas and grocery costs were still a &ldquo;major problem.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know he&rsquo;s trying, but the honeymoon&rsquo;s over, sweetie,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Delgado did say that she was a fan of &ldquo;No Tax on Tips,&rdquo; a provision within <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3909591\/democrats-think-trump-minnesota-immigration-pivot-lacks-legs\/\">Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> One Big Beautiful Bill Act set to kick in next year, as that would have a direct, positive effect on multiple members of her family in the service industry. Still, Delgado reiterated that &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-biden-doesnt-want-you-knowing-about-drug-price-controls\/\" title=\"What Biden Doesn&#039;t Want You Knowing About Drug Price Controls\">people won&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t wait around forever&rdquo; simply because they &ldquo;think Trump is funny.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We put you in that house. We can kick you out of it,&rdquo; she snapped, laughing with her friends. &ldquo;Clock&rsquo;s ticking.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kenny Earle, a local retiree, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that he had voted for Trump in three consecutive elections. He didn&rsquo;t actually attend the speech, however, and showed up Tuesday night just to see the spectacle.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump greets Donna Zajack at Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I come up here once or twice a week anyway so thought why the hell not?,&rdquo; he explained, puffing a cigarette while having a go on the virtual slots.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When asked what he thought of Trump&rsquo;s economic stewardship, Earle shrugged.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Some good. Some bad, same as most. I&rsquo;d wager he&rsquo;s got a ways to go before folks can breathe easy again,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;Tell you what, though: no way in hell Kamala would be doing much better.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Dina and Hillary, two other locals, gave a similar assessment of Trump&rsquo;s performance in the parking lot ahead of the president&rsquo;s arrival.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, he&rsquo;s not a politician. He&rsquo;s a businessman. He got elected the first time to clean the swamp, and he did,&rdquo; Dina told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;And, this time, I think he&rsquo;s doing what he can, so I think he&rsquo;ll get this done too.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Though northeast <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\">Pennsylvania <\/a>represents a bellwether region within a critical swing state, Monroe County, where Mount Pocono is, swung for Trump in 2024 &mdash; the first time Monroe voters had backed a Republican presidential candidate in 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>And while Trump&rsquo;s rally antics might have been enough to ease concerns among the Make America Great Again coalition&rsquo;s most faithful, he&rsquo;ll still likely be fighting an uphill messaging battle through next November.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3912580\/trump-affordability-speech-pennsylvania\/\"><strong>TRUMP RIPS BIDEN AND DEMOCRATS OVER AFFORDABILITY IN PENNSYLVANIA: &lsquo;LIKE BONNIE AND CLYDE PREACHING PUBLIC SAFETY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One casino employee, granted anonymity over concerns regarding job safety, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that 2024 was the first year they had ever voted in a general election. That person said they&rsquo;d previously &ldquo;hated&rdquo; Trump, but that, financially, they&rsquo;d been left with &ldquo;no other option.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Politics are bull****, man. It&rsquo;s just so divisive. Trump won because Biden was killing people,&rdquo; he vented. &ldquo;Turns out he&rsquo;s just more of the same. All bark, no bite.&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>All bark, no bite&#8217;: Trump still has progress to make on affordability<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2519938,"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\/image-collage-iykqnhw9h-1765418113981-e1765420416117.jpg?1765402441&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[18297,9168,5708,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2519937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-affordability","tag-economy","tag-inflation","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-collage-iykqnhw9h-1765418113981-e1765420416117.jpg?1765402441&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519937","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2519937"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2519941,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519937\/revisions\/2519941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2519938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2519937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2519937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2519937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}