Democrats see an opportunity to hammer Republicans and the White House on “affordability,” counting on voters to forget that inflation soared to 9 percent in 2022 — the highest in four decades — under President Joe Biden and a Democratic Congress.

President Donald Trump took the bait, of course. On Tuesday, he called the issue “a Democrat scam” while at the same time taking credit for stopping “inflation in its tracks.” He’s correct that the inflation rate — about 3 percent in September — is a significant upgrade over the massive price hikes Americans endured thanks to the spending binge enacted by the very same Democrats who now seek to exploit the issue for political gain.

“They say it,” the president said, “and then they go into the next subject and everyone thinks, ‘Oh, they had lowe

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