Trump Promises 'Big, Beautiful' Economy While Americans Schedule Therapy

KEY POINTS

•A CBS News/YouGov poll found 61% of Americans think Trump makes inflation sound better than reality in late 2025.
•The Consumer Price Index rose food prices by 0.1% between September and November, prompting tariff rollbacks on coffee and beef.
•House Democrats and some Republican centrists forced a vote on extending ACA tax credits ahead of 2026 midterms.

As 2025 kicks the bucket, Trump’s administration gleefully touts a 'dazzling' 2026 economy while 61% of Americans accuse him of sugarcoating prices and inflation like a bad infomercial. His approval sits at a whopping 37%—only slightly better than that one time you told a joke that barely landed. Meanwhile, the Consumer Price Index showed food prices barely budged from September through November, nudging up by an eye-popping 0.1%, prompting a dramatic tariff rollback on staples like coffee, beef, and tropical fruit. Apollo CEO Marc Rowan, who once aimed for Trump’s Treasury gig, is hoarding cash ‘for when things go south,’ proving even the one-percenters are prepping for a dumpster fire. Fox’s Kevin Hassett insists 'rhetoric with substance' will shower seniors with 'huge tax refunds' and unveil a 'big plan' on housing—soundtracked by collective groans from the 45% expecting their finances to worsen in 2026. Democrats, meanwhile, are giddy to faceplant the midterms with an affordability referendum, and House Republicans grudgingly let a vote on extending ACA tax credits hit the floor, even as the Senate laughs in dead-end fairy dust. Because nothing says big government like bipartisan bickering around who's making your bills skyrocket or your paycheck vanish.

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Trump’s economy pitch is the adult version of ‘the dog ate my homework.’ Inflation? Barely budged. Confidence? Even less. America’s wallets aren’t buying this fantasy sequel.

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