As biting prices weigh on families heading into the US holiday season, farmers and business owners say President Donald Trump's tariffs have driven up production costs on everything from turkeys to vegetables.

Grocery prices rose 2.7 percent from a year ago in September, recent government data showed, while a Politico poll found that groceries were the most challenging category for Americans to afford.

But appeals against Trump's tariffs and households' cost-of-living worries contrast against the administration's messaging -- as officials work to convince Americans of the strength of the world's biggest economy.

"While my great work on the Economy has not yet been fully appreciated, it will be! Things are really Rockin'," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform over the weekend.

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