"The rally in Mount Pocono drew roughly 600 to 700 attendees and marked Trump's first domestic campaign-style appearance in months, kicking off what the White House says will be a yearlong blitz of stops ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, when Republican control of Congress and Trump's legacy will be on the line. Trump himself acknowledged the political shift. "You know, when you win, you say, I can now rest," he told the crowd. "We have to win the midterms.""
"Trump insisted prices are falling rapidly and mocked "affordability" as a Democratic buzzword. "They have a new word. They always have a hoax. The new word is affordability," he said, before conceding moments later, "I agree the prices were too high." But his attempt to dismiss the issue collided with the persistent reality confronting American households: housing costs remain punishingly high, grocery prices are still elevated, and medical expenses threaten to drag millions of families under."
President Donald Trump spoke at a rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, promising economic revival but largely delivering grievances, boasts, and culture-war attacks aimed at transgender people. The event drew roughly 600 to 700 attendees and marked Trump's first domestic campaign-style appearance in months, launching a planned yearlong series of stops ahead of the 2026 midterms. Trump claimed prices were falling and mocked "affordability" as a Democratic buzzword, briefly conceding prices had been too high. The speech repeatedly veered away from concrete economic proposals despite persistent household pressures from high housing, grocery, and medical costs.
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