Fact Check Breakdown: Trump’s Cabinet Meeting Filled With Repeated False ClaimsGrocery Prices Are Not Falling

President Donald Trump opened his Cabinet meeting by claiming grocery prices are down but official federal data shows the opposite. The Consumer Price Index for September shows grocery costs were up about two point seven percent compared with September of the previous year. Prices were also higher than when Trump returned to office in January and even rose slightly from August to September. His statement simply does not match the numbers tracked by economists and government agencies.
Drug Price Cuts Cannot Reach Hundreds of Percent
Trump again touted his executive order on prescription drugs saying it would slash prices by two hundred percent or even nine hundred percent. Those figures are mathematically impossible because even reducing a drug’s cost to zero would create a one hundred percent decrease. Experts note that no policy exists that could achieve reductions anywhere near what Trump described and his claims have been repeatedly debunked.
Inflation Has Not Been “Stopped in Its Tracks”
Trump said his administration halted inflation since January. The year over year inflation rate in September was three percent which is essentially identical to the inflation rate when he took office. In fact inflation had increased for several consecutive months by the time he spoke. Although Trump added that more work remains his main claim that inflation has been stopped does not align with economic data.
No He Did Not Inherit Historic Inflation from Biden
Trump also said he inherited the worst inflation in history or at least the worst in forty eight years. When he entered office inflation was at three percent which is the same rate recorded in the latest available data. The highest inflation under Biden occurred in June twenty twenty two at nine point one percent which was a forty year high but still far below the all time US inflation record of twenty three point seven percent in nineteen twenty. Claims about cumulative inflation under Biden are also incorrect since inflation during the Carter administration was significantly higher.
Eighteen Trillion Dollars in Investment Claims Are False
Trump repeated another familiar claim that his administration secured more than eighteen trillion dollars in new investment commitments for the United States. The White House website itself listed a much smaller figure of nine point six trillion at the time he spoke. Even that number relied heavily on vague pledges related to economic cooperation or bilateral trade rather than actual investments. A previous CNN investigation showed that many of the commitments being counted lacked details or clear financial substance.
Why These Repeated Claims Matter
Trump has long relied on dramatic economic statements to underline his administration’s message of strength and recovery but these claims continue to conflict with publicly available data. Inflation trends investment figures and price changes affect millions of Americans and misleading statements risk creating confusion about the real state of the economy. Fact checking remains essential as these claims reach wide audiences through televised meetings public appearances and social media.