Trump Brushes Off Affordability Worries in State of Union Speech
President Donald Trump speaks during a State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington on Feb. 24.
Photographer: Al Drago/BloombergAddressing one of his biggest audiences at perhaps the lowest moment of his second term, President Donald Trump returned again and again in his State of the Union speech to the same message on the economy: Everything is going great.
A resolute Trump was determined to will Americans into a better economic mood, seeking to paint over the affordability concerns at the center of upcoming midterm elections with statistics and self-congratulation.