President Donald Trump called himself “the affordability president” in a social media rant Saturday morning that included some confusing math in an attempt to dismiss widespread economic concerns and fuel his claims that his efforts would help Republicans win the 2026 midterm elections.

“BECAUSE I HAVE INVOKED FAVORED NATIONS STATUS FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DRUG PRICES ARE FALLING TO LEVELS NEVER SEEN BEFORE, 500%, 600%, 700% and more,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

Trump has frequently used numbers this way during his second term, claiming in July that he will reduce prescription drug costs by 1,500%, despite numerous fact-checking outlets pointing out that the percentages don’t work that way. Price cuts greater than 100% would, in theory, mean that customers themselves are being paid.

“No other president has been able to do this, BUT I HAVE DONE IT!” Trump wrote on Saturday. “This is also the answer to much less expensive and much better health care! Republicans, remember, we did this and no one else.”

He continued, “This is a revolution in medicine, the biggest, most important event ever. If this story is told properly, we should win the midterm elections in RECORD NUMBERS. I AM THE AFFORDABILITY PRESIDENT. SPEAK LOUD AND PROUD!”

Trump has dramatically changed his stance on affordability in recent weeks.

Earlier this month he called the term itself “a new word,” insisting that overall prices have gone down, and said that “the biggest problem” of all is that “Republicans don’t talk about” their supposed cost-cutting victories, and that “Democrats lie about it.”

Trump has repeatedly insisted throughout his second term that overall costs have gone down.
Trump has repeatedly insisted throughout his second term that overall costs have gone down.

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It has become impossible for Republicans to avoid the debate over affordability in the United States. Even former News host Bill O’Reilly recently warned Republican leaders that they “better get something going,” while his former colleague Laura Ingraham said the 2026 midterms “look ugly” for Republicans.

Other Republicans have expressed similar concerns about the upcoming election.

Trump’s post on Saturday follows a substantial line Democratic victories earlier this month in key elections across the country, in which affordability was central to their campaigns..

Trump reacted to that explosion at the time with the expected deflection, blaming the recent government shutdown for those losses and blaming the shutdown on the opposition, concluding that Democrats had only won because “TRUMP WAS NOT ON THE BALLOT.”