President Donald Trump will be in Monroe County on Tuesday.
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President Donald Trump will speak at Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Monroe County, on Tuesday, White House officials confirmed.
The president will reportedly discuss how he and his administration continue to focus on delivering on his priority of ending what he calls Joe Biden’s inflation crisis.
The event is set for 6 p.m.
Pennsylvania State Police and Secret Service will issue temporary road closures and institute detours in the Mount Pocono area, noting that congestion could cause long delays. They suggest motorists use alternative routes.
The Associated Press last week reported that Trump would highlight his efforts to reduce inflation, even as fears mount about a worsening job market and amid signs that Americans are still feeling squeezed by high prices.
“Last month’s off-year elections showed a shift away from Republicans as public concerns about affordability persist. White House officials said afterward that Trump — who has done relatively few events domestically — would put a greater emphasis on talking directly to the public about his economic policies,” the AP reported.
In the AP story, it said the president has said that any affordability worries are part of a Democratic “hoax” and that people simply need to hear his perspective to change their minds.
The AP story said that while Trump can point to a decline in gasoline prices, he’s now facing inflationary pressures on utilities and a massive increase in insurance premiums for people who get their health care through the Affordable Care Act.
“Pennsylvania has yet to see the boom that Trump promised would instantly happen with his return to the White House,” the AP story said. “The state has largely preserved its Biden era job growth under Trump, but its unemployment rate has risen to 4% from 3.6% over the past 12 months, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. There has been an increase of roughly 24,000 people who say they’re unemployed.”
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