Trump ran his campaign on rising costs in America. What has he done so far to help everyday Americans with their cost of living?
Have you seen his policies impact your cost of living in a positive or negative way yet?
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Gas near me is under 2 dollars.
I am crying in California taxes
And we are still funding a failed bullet train
Time to leave Cali. Life is too short to struggle like that
Funny enough, yesterday I just saw the lowest price Ive seen since his last term. We are down to 2.65.
This!
How come gas in California is still $4-$5? It hasn’t changed in years.
Because of your high state taxes.
And because California requires a special formulation that can only be processed at a handful of refineries.
Because of Trump?
Is there is a source that shows that Trump made a positive change in anything at all, would you believe it?
Not OP, but I personally don’t think the president has as much control over gas prices as the general public thinks.
That said, is there any action you could point to that shows cause and effect? Or maybe the mechanism that caused the prices to lower?
I have never believed that any president has virtually any control over gas prices. Can you explain how Trump or past presidents directly manipulate the price of gas?
Yes, and if the President (regardless of any party) has a limited role in oil prices, would you believe it?
Other than direct handouts (which actually make things more expensive) do you know any action by any president where you can establish a definitive relationship of causality?
Tariffs?
Everything requires fuel, so have you seen a corresponding decrease in other prices?
And how much would you estimate that you’re saving per year just from the gas costing less?
Between my husband and I purchasing approximately one tank of gas each week a decent amount.
Edit: today it’s 1.89/gallon! Even better!!
1.98 X 18 gallons X 52 weeks = $1,853.28 3.25 X 18 gallons X 52 weeks = $3,042.00
So nearly $1200 a year or $100.00 a month.
18 gallons a week?!
I do live in a city and drive an inexpensive passenger car, but I don’t think I go through more than 10 gallons every two weeks. So for me, I’m saving what amounts to a rounding error.
I’ve read that conservatives tend to drive larger vehicles, so maybe they feel the effects of gas prices more acutely than someone like myself who basically never gives it a second thought.
18 gallons between two people? That’s one fill up every other week for each of us. That’s not that much.
Do you not ever got on road trips? Do you never leave the city? Do you travel by car to visit family and friends?
Where are you at? That sounds awesome! I’m in the middle of nowhere and still paying $3/ gallon
2.53 on Long Island when i filled up the other day
$2 in Ohio
Iowa!
Why everything is measured in gas price in America? Is there anything else that matters to people?
What is Trump's role in that?
I paid $1.85 per gallon for gas the other day. That's pleasant.
Because of Trump?
Other than direct handouts (which actually make things more expensive) do you know any action by any president where you can establish a definitive relationship of causality?
Tariffs?
Not the person you replied to, but maybe they meant to ask, "Did Trump's actions affect the price of gas?"
Or, more broadly, "Can the president control the price consumers pay for gas?"
Didn’t Trump run his entire campaign on blaming Biden for inflation?
What do you think drives oil prices?
Yeah because Donald Trump ended the war in the middle east leading to cheaper shipping through that part of the world and increased domestic production leading to greater cheaper supply on the market.
Isn't that OPEC and winter blend?
Do you remember when all over Reddit, all the liberals were giving him crap for the egg prices? Those are down and now they’re silent. My gas price is down by almost half compared to the peak prices under Biden, the cost of my groceries are still high but not rising like they did under Biden.
Can you point to a policy that Trump passed to cause any of these prices to drop?
President Trump’s First 100 Days of Deregulation, with links to sources.
This was very easy to find. Do you get paid by the post?
I’m sorry, but your article doesn’t name a single policy that Trump passed to lower any prices. In fact, it only lists 3 specific EOs that had zero impact in the economy. Maybe try again?
Nope. Not correct. It definitely mentions Trump's efforts to lower regulation.
Edit: I think it was a bot. Deleted account and comments within an hour
Which regulation would alter the price of gas or eggs?
This one, for example:
If you follow that link, which is only at the very beginning of the whole article, it takes you exactly right to an executive order that specifically talks about deregulating the energy industry. So, you are wrong, or lied. Or both.
You obviously never read the article, but you felt the need to repeatedly try to lie to everyone about it, as if that would impinge my credibility here. You, and people like you, are a huge part of the problem. You obviously have no intent to discuss anything with honest intent. Blocked.
Didnt the bird flu mass killing stop? Egg prices were never a government at fault thing. What is the national average for gas prices now compared to last year?
This took about 10 seconds to search.
Current U.S. National Average Gas Price • Regular unleaded gasoline: approximately $2.81 per gallon nationwide as of early January 2026 according to AAA.
Comparison to Last Year • About this time last year (early January 2025): the national average was about $3.06 per gallon.
$3.52 per gallon (national average for regular gasoline in 2023)
What has trump done to affect gas prices? We don't live in a command economy.
LMGTFY:
Here’s a brief bullet-point summary of what President Trump has done in his second term (2025–2026) that could contribute to lower gas prices (indirectly): • Encouraged domestic oil & gas production by easing regulations and promoting more drilling/leases. • Deregulated energy policies (EPA rollbacks) to reduce costs for fossil fuel producers. • Diplomatic/foreign policy moves aimed at stabilizing or increasing global oil supply (e.g., actions related to Venezuela). • Trade/tariff actions intended to influence global energy flows and discourage imports that could tighten supply.
Is this AI?
If you want sources, you can search for yourself.
Is it someone else's job to prove the claims you make?
Why do we have to answer every question three times?
"YU DONT HAVE TO ANSUR EVRY QUESTION THREE TIMES!!11!"
It's a euphemism.
If you were truly interested in the subject matter - rather than just trying to be obstinate - you should want to look this information up yourself.
a question was asked and answered. you can believe it if you want, or do your own research outside of Reddit if you want a an answer you're more comfortable with. i couldn't care less.
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So down $0.25 per gallon since Trump took over versus $0.46 during Biden’s last year.
Why do you think Trump slowed the decline in prices? Shouldn’t he have accelerated price cuts?
Doesn’t this suggest that gas prices were already dropping before Trump took office and they have only continued the same (or perhaps a more shallow) trajectory?
Cause and effect generally have long lag times for this stuff and are usually highly multi factorial. I really wish we could all be more nuanced in evaluating presidents based on already cyclical trends that happen to line up somewhat with their terms. Some will be good some will be bad. If we start to get loose with when trends actually begin then almost anything can be true.
Agreed, and I always knew that. But it didn’t stop libs from using it as ammo against Trump.
I remember the right giving Biden crap for egg prices, Trump campaigning that he'd bring them down over night, and them remaining high for the same time frame that everyone expected them to remain high, that is how long it took for the farmers to replace their culled flocks.
Are we remembering the same time line?
That's interesting because the reverse seems true to me. Conservatives blamed Biden for the price of eggs and then were quiet when the prices fell during his administration. Yet under Trump's second administration my groceries have more than doubled. Why do you think that is?
The only food you buy is imported from high tariff nations.
Unless we're importing meat, milk, cheese, fruit and other perishables that I've bought from my local run of the mill Kroger store since the early 2000s I'm not sure why the prices have skyrocketed. Beef, Milk, cheese, and fruit have all been extremely high, like 20%+ increase on each item, why is that?
https://growcakeinc.medium.com/u-s-food-processing-plants-destroyed-in-2021-2022-1f78e5ac6e94
https://www.fedfedfed.com/sliced/the-meat-factory-is-on-fire
https://www.firefighternation.com/firefighting/fiery-plane-crash-at-general-mills-food-processing-plant-in-covington-ga-two-dead/
Are you suggesting that fires in food processing factories are the cause of groceries being so expensive? Since these articles are from 2021 and 2022 wouldn't they be explaining more why during the Biden administration grocery prices were higher, not now?
How quickly could you get federal permission and pass all the regulatory scrutiny of the Biden vegans to rebuild a meat processing plant. I promise those plants did not just pop back up and reopen the next year.
🙄 egg prices were up because of avian flu please don’t be a dolt. All you and “MAGA” care about are gas and egg prices that’s so sad. No morals, no concerns for your fellow man just selfish “I got cheap eggs and gas” right?
I got a nice income tax cut this year.
You already filed your taxes and got a refund for 2025? How?
I did a quick calculation.
How? You already filed your taxes?
He eliminated taxes on tips for the first $25,000. Not only does that give service workers several thousand right there, it also reduces their overall taxable income to keep them in a lower tax bracket. It's an easy $7,500+ for those who rely on tips.
I did a quick and dirty calculation. Raising the SALT cap saves me thousands.
Income tax cut for what year? And what type of "cut"?
An income tax cut for 2025. The cut that most benefits me is raising the SALT cap.
The same SALT cap he instituted in his first term?
Raising the cap in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
Are you saying that his main accomplishment is re passing something he did 8 years ago? Are you at all concerned that he can't come up with new policy? We were promised Health Care reform for 4 years during his first term and he is still complaining about it on twitter without a ounce of effort put into fixing the issues.
He eliminated taxes on tips for the first $25,000. Not only does that give service workers several thousand right there, it also reduces their overall taxable income to keep them in a lower tax bracket. It's an easy $7,500+ for those who rely on tips.
😂 must’ve been from Biden then Right?
From the One Big Beautiful Bill.
The economy just blew a full percentage point past the expectations for growth, inflation is at its lowest level since 2021, gas prices are at their lowest in five years, and virtually all the job growth in the past year has gone to native-born Americans. Despite the full court econogeddon media push, inflation expectations reverted, market inflation swaps are in collapse, the Fed projects disinflationary boom, blue chip consensus has been in a year long performance chase, and the whole financial press is in post-hoc rationalization mode.
The experts were so wrong Washington Press is already running interference by seeding the "disinflation bad" narrative:
The most interesting thing is how a totally organic keyword push—that somehow never budged, let alone went viral, at 4%, 5%, 6%, 7%, 8%, or 9% inflation under Biden—spiked during a brief data vacuum, then collapsed just as quickly when it ended. It's incredible how the data can point one way but you guys will just believe the opposite because some media NGO is opportunistically flooding the zone with an adwords campaign.
I'm a data based investor, so this has been a phenomenal year since half the market has been in la la land.
Gas prices are the lowest in years, and looks like my tax refund is going to be bigger than it would have been.
Just curious, how do you already know what your tax refund is?
Not the exact amount, but I can see I benefit from the tax bracket and child tax credit changes, and my wife benefits from the tips changes. I'm expecting several thousand extra.
Can you link the tax bracket change you’re referring to?
https://www.hrblock.com/tax-center/irs/tax-law-and-policy/one-big-beautiful-bill-taxes/
aren't these tax rates the same as 2024?
Yep, but they were slated to increase without a law change this year. Democrats weren't expected to change the law since they claimed they were only "tax cuts for the rich."
can you provide where you got this information?
If tax rates are the same, why would your refund increase? Aside from your wife's tip income?
It's been all the Democrats rhetoric since the initial Trump tax cuts put the rates in place temporarily a decade ago.
https://democrats-budget.house.gov/resources/fact-sheet/trumps-big-ugly-law-steals-poor-give-ultra-rich
Because the tax rates would have been higher without the Trump tax cuts extended. Since Democrats have consistently campaigned against them the chances of a Democratic administration pushing forward an extension was low. It's no accident Biden did not.
Oh, you make over 500k? I kind of assumed you were just an average American.
Oil prices are lower and my portfolio is healthier and generating a larger surplus for me. And I'll have a tax refund this year. Life is good.
How do you already know what your tax refund is?
I misspoke. I'm paying less taxes than last year.
When was the last time your portfolio went down? Why is a tax refund a good thing?
My portfolio went down a lot in 2022, so that sucked. A tax refund is not a good thing. I misspoke though, what I meant to say is that my taxes are lower.
How did you avoid a loss this past April?
I was thinking on a yearly basis
I would like to post this on every single brainwashed selfish self proclaimed MAGA. You have no idea. The government is in more debt than a year ago (though I don’t care about this). Prices have gotten worse, inflation is worse, healthcare is more expensive, housing is more expensive. You will make constant Re adjustments to any fake beliefs you claim to have to make your lord and savior Donald J Trump seem useful. You will constantly make excuses regardless of how much he is defying what you previously claimed to care about. That is a cult. Please break free. Am I right?
"The American Farm Bureau Federation’s 40th annual Thanksgiving dinner survey provides a snapshot of the average cost of Thanksgiving staples that make up a classic holiday feast for 10, which is $55.18 or about $5.52 per person.
"This is a 5% decrease from 2024" (Farm Bureau).
How is a thanksgiving dinner a barometer for the cost of living?
What about housing prices? Gas prices, the cost of a new car?
It is very common for administrations to tout the price of Thanksgiving, as well as the July 4th cookout. Always has been.
Gas prices are down nationwide by an average of about 20 cents a gallon. Where I live, it's about 50 cents.
Housing is higher than ever. The main cause of this is Blackstone (not Blackrock) buying up both houses and other companies who own houses. While their claim is that they own less than 1 percent of all residential buildings in America, and what they do is renovate these properties to improve them, they are also wreaking havoc on the real estate markets - especially in markets with high real estate to begin with.
What they do is they buy large swaths of different types of homes in an area, renovate them, and then rent them out at higher rental prices. While they might only own less than 1 percent of all residential buildings, them focusing on specific areas, and buying the competition, affects the overall real estate markets of these areas. Blackstone is also actively fighting against rent cap and rent stabilization legislation across the nation.
To exacerbate the issue, this has become so profitable, that some pension firms are including this type of investment into their portfolios. This also includes the pensions of government employees. It's another housing bubble that will likely burst eventually.
The prices of both new and used cars have been more or less stable the past three years. New cars are about $50K. Used cars are about $33K. While this is higher than we are used to, taking into account inflation, it's higher than 1990 prices, but far, far lower than prices from decades previous to that. If you go back to the 1960s and 1970s, and adjust for inflation, cars back then cost more than $100K in today's money.
Not to go on a tangent, but since you seem pretty well informed on the housing market, any thoughts on the DoJ’s settlement with RealPage?
It's a mendacious argument that tries to move the goal posts. The question posed was essentially to notate "any positive" impact, and that's exactly what I provided.
BTW: "The current national average gas price in the United States as of January 1, 2026, is $2.83 per gallon, which is lower than the six-year average cost of gas since 2018, which stands at $3.06 per gallon. This represents a difference of approximately $0.23 less per gallon compared to the historical average over the past six years. The national average has fluctuated significantly since 2018, ranging from a low of $1.84 per gallon in April 2020 to a peak of $4.99 per gallon in June 2022."
Who was president in 2022?
You can't exactly compare a current average to a running 6 year average. Gas prices on average in December of 2024 ($3.04) are very similar to what they were in December of 2025 ($2.98). Would it be fair to say that Biden did a good job of lowering the average gas price from $5 down to $3?
Also, does the fact that winter fuel blends are generally cheaper affect your price comparison at all? For reference, September 2025 had an average gas price of $3.17.
I can say with absolute confidence that Bernard just did that successfully and with great competence.
It would not. It would be fair to say that whoever was Biden only lowered fuel prices in a presidential election year in hope of having a chance of being reelected. In the middle of the whoever was Biden presidency the true agenda of serving the environmental dogma was in full effect.
Didn’t every single Republican vote against anti-price gouging policies during the Biden presidency? A bill intended to keep gas companies from imposing unfair price increases during a time when prices were skyrocketing? “But gas companies barely make any margin on gas in the first place…”. Didn’t those same gas companies post record profits in FY2022?
When Biden took office, gasoline costs $2.39 per gallon, and that price, under Biden, skyrocketed to $5 per gallon in 2022. On January 20, 2025, the day of Donald Trump's inauguration, gas was $3.109 per gallon. Today gas sells for $2.81 per gallon. It's obvious that under Biden gas was less affordable than it is under Trump.
Those bigger items are going to take more than a year to fix. Let's look back into these prices at the end of Vance/Rubio presidency.
Why were these price issues so urgent to you in 2024 under Biden, but you are now willing to kick the entire issue down the road to a potential “Vance/Rubio” presidency years later?
Because the foundations are being laid to fix this. And also the politically motivated disrupters and issue driven asshats are being stood down.
Below are snippets of a generated summary of the source:
"This is the third consecutive year meal costs have declined, but prices remain higher than several years ago and far above pre-pandemic levels.
Despite lower consumer prices for some items, farmers face ongoing economic pressures:
The report emphasizes that a tough farm economy persists even as consumers see some relief at the grocery store.
Thanksgiving dinner in the U.S. is moderately cheaper this year thanks especially to lower turkey prices, but side-dish costs are higher and overall prices are still elevated compared with historic norms."
Would you attribute the increases to the Trump admin as well?
It also decreased from 2023 to 2024. Would you say that’s just a trend and not apart of trumps affordability plan?
It is trivially obvious that it went down. Pretending that that didn't happen while Trump was in office is disingenuous.
Would you consider the same barometer as proof that Biden was improving affordability?
Biden is the reason that prices are still as high as they are.
Are you saying the fact that thanksgiving meals went down in price is not indicative of overall prices?
Gas prices are down as well.
Oil companies hate low gas prices as it’s hard to turn a profit. I really don’t see “Big Oil” agreeing to lose money, do you?
Not near as much as left-wingers hate to admit that gas prices have gone down since Trump became president.
From December 2023 to December 2024, gas prices decreased on average. So Biden also decreased prices at the end of his term? Both examples you gave to show Trump lowering prices also apply to Biden.
It was under Biden that the prices climbed so high.
So it went don under Biden by the same logic it went down under Trump, yes?
What was trump's part in this?
Trump was president.
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Are these good faith questions or attempted “gotchas”? Because you asked people, they answered and you keep saying no not that. Is there any answer you’d actually accept or are you just trying to inject your opinion and trying to argue while attempting to disguise it as a good faith question and open minded desire to understand the perspectives and lives of others?
Certainly! Biden implemented a moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters right after he took office.
First, thank you for the reply, and not for just parroting that eggs are down.
From your source - do you think the next sentence adds some nuance?
"This is a 5% decrease from 2024. Three years of declines don’t fully erase dramatic increases that led to a record-high cost of $64.05 in 2022"
Do you think that blunts the idea that prices are down because of Trump's policies?
Didn’t this basket change products between the years (changing from a more expensive to a less expensive brand of something etc?). The exact same basket in that comparison had - unsurprisingly - followed the year on year inflation.
Not sure if this is that comparison or not.
The American Farm Bureau Federation conducted its own analysis.
Which one was the ”bad” one that changed the basket? Not the fb one?
Based on your source, prices were on the decline the past 3 years. Do you give Biden credit for reducing the cost of the last 2 years of his presidency?
Do you think it's because of Biden why the cost got further reduced in 2025 since it was already on a declining trajectory the previous 2 years? If not, what would you say Trump did to further decline the prices?
The source you posted also highlighted an increase in fresh produce due to lack of farm workers. Do you think this is a direct result of Trump policies?
The article also states that prices increased dramatically in 2022 when Biden was president. Prices never reached the low they were at when Biden took office; so, no Biden shouldn't get credit.
Lowered grocery prices, lowered fuel prices, and deported illegals who were driving up costs for housing/rentals, as well as costs in healthcare.
have you seen healthcare costs go down?
has housing costs gone down for you as well?
Yes I have and more importantly wait times are down huge. When I need a Dr appointment I can get in that week where before it would be a month or even 2 out because of the illegals.
Yes, everyone has a seen a decrease in rental prices in the US. This is why it is important to watch real news. Fake news like CNN/MSNBC won't cover this because they are propaganda channels.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/26/rents-are-falling-in-these-major-us-cities-heading-into-2026.html
Where in the article does it attribute deportation to a drop in rents?
Then why can't I find a house/rental for any cheaper than I could last year? Why are my prescriptions up from $15 to $25 out of nowhere? (Private insurance through employer)
I can have a retail job now because the illegals aren't doing it
You can have but do you or will you?
do
The amount of downvotes is absolutely insane 😂. Definitely liberals. Honestly the housing market is the same, groceries are the same, and I haven’t noticed too much. As a supporter I’m saying this. Maybe gas but I personally haven’t noticed anything too significant
Gas and some basic sundries are down... Feels like everything else is more expensive.
What do you think is causing that?
> "what has he done to make America more affordable"
* Cut off a ton of funding idiocy in USAID
* Working on reducing our illegals problem
* Started making good inroads in the cut down of waste/fraud that is costing us hundreds of billions a year * across pretty much our entire entitlement system
* Restructured trade
* Gone all-in on bringing AI forward, which will be the largest wealth creation change in multiple generations
We have already started seeing the benefits, and it will keep compounding from there.
Jerome Powell has directly blamed trumps tariffs for an increase in inflation, can you expand on your point?
How are you seeing the benefits personally?
Why does cutting USAID make America more affordable?
Wouldn't replacing illegally paid work with taxed and regulated work make America less affordable?
Why shouldn't I expect the same from tariffs?
I'll give you the fraud. And AI's gonna cost a lot of jobs, so that's a big problem. They'll probably end up instituting a basic income or something.
Funding for USAID never stopped this country from funding other things as a result of USAID. Illegals problem? There was never a problem to begin with, 95% of illegals that came here simply work hard to provide money for themselves and their families, they overwhelmingly helped and supported our economy tremendously by working the jobs us Americans think are beneath us. Also American citizens are 5 times more likely to commit a crime than a person who came here illegally. The mechanism used to cut down waste and fraud was Elon and doge and we all know how spectacularly that failed. Doge uncovered nothing it simply took away a lot of good paying jobs from American citizens employed by our government, 25% of which were veterans that served our country. Restructured trade? Our trade policy is a complete disaster because of the tariffs and we as the consumer are paying the extra cost. (American citizens ultimately pay for tariffs through higher prices on imported goods and products using imported components, as U.S. companies pass these added costs onto consumers, though foreign exporters and U.S. importers initially pay the tax to the government). Do you honestly feel that this administration Is helping the average American or are you just kind of fan boying/star struck because you want to believe what Trump says even tho he’s a literal compulsive liar?
Can we have a TS respond to my comment? I’m interested in a valid legitimate response. TS’s?
Usaid was never a Problem. Illegals were also not a huge Problem. Doge was a complete waste. They didnt do Shit. All the real Savings they made were countered by the massiv Costs they created. You had a Trade Surplas. Yeah, if you take only Material Goods then youre in a Deficit, but you are all ignoring Digital Products were there was a huuuge Surplas.
You know whats the neat Thing about AI? Unless you are already rich, i wont bring you Wealth. The Rich get richer and the poor dont matter. Thats what AI is bringing.
Well we just found out that the Somalis are robbing everything… so it’s kinda nice that the “let every illegal immigrant possible in” and the “government should pay for everything or your racist” crowd didn’t get elected.
The Somalis are here illegally?
Only the ones that married their brothers for visa fraud.
But your response isn’t really a burn. It’s proving my exact point… Donald Trump is a fucking idiot… but no one could regret their vote for him when the alternative was the democrats.
Please enjoy the world being safer since he has ended many wars, made gas and egg prices lower, and the rate of increase in the CPI is lower under President Trump.
49,170. 00 as of now
I just paid 1.85/gallon...
The rate of rise in housing rents is falling precipitously. Forty of the largest 50 metros posted lower annual rent growth compared to October 2024, to 0.9 percent. If you look at the charts and take into account that we don't have more recent data than October 2025, expect that right now YOY rents are probably at last year's rate and will likely continue to fall. It's what happens when you remove people from the country and build more housing. The more removals and rentable units we get, the lower this will go.