The Affordability Trap

“A few weeks ago, when Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani met at the White House, Trump praised Mamdani for his focus on affordability and indicated it would be a priority for him as well. Trump again spoke awkwardly about groceries as key to affordability. “The new word is affordability. Another word, it’s just groceries. It’s sort of an old-fashioned word, but it’s very accurate.” Trump seems to suggest the words groceries and affordability mean the same thing. They don’t, but perhaps the President can be excused for this mistake because it is very likely he has never shopped for his own groceries.”