Americans are finding it even harder to afford groceries this year despite President Donald Trump bragging after the election that he had “won on groceries” and would bring food prices “way down.”

According to a new Harris Poll commissioned by Axios, nearly half of respondents, or 47 percent, said it was harder to afford groceries this year compared to last year, while 24 said it was about the same.

Just 19 percent thought Trump was delivering on his promise to make it easier to afford food, and fewer than half thought the administration had positively affected the economy this year.

The president boasted during a December 2024 interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker, “I won on the border, and I won on groceries.”

“Very simple word, groceries. Like almost—you know, who uses the word? I

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