“Groceries are down. Energy is way down. ... Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.”
What PolitiFact found
The prices of some food items, such as eggs, bread and fruit, have declined on President Donald Trump’s watch, and overall energy prices have fallen 2.6%. But many food and energy items have seen price increases. Between December 2024 and July 2025, groceries used at home rose by just under 1%. Individual items such as ground beef, bacon, other meats, coffee, dairy products and sugar and sweets rose between 0.5% and 11.6%. Electricity costs have risen during Trump’s tenure. Gasoline prices ar...
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In short
Donald Trump (president) made this claim around 26 August 2025. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 September 2025, 10 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
- rollcall.comhttps://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-cabinet-meeting-white…
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