Trump’s First Year Back in Office Has Been a Total Disaster for Texans

One year ago today, Donald Trump’s second term began. Instead of delivering on his promise to lower prices on “Day One,” Trump has thrown working families, farmers, and small businesses across Texas into crisis. While Trump focuses on building a gilded ballroom, calls affordability a “hoax,” and flips off workers, Texas families are struggling under skyrocketing costs and less health care. 

New polling on Donald Trump’s first year shows that twice as many Americans say Trump is focused on the wrong priorities as the right ones, and a staggering 6 in 10 U.S. adults think Trump has done more to hurt than help the cost of living in his second term. 

A reminder: A new report found that families paid $310 more for groceries during Trump’s first year, despite Trump claiming that “grocery prices are starting to go rapidly down.”

In response to Donald Trump’s disastrous first year of his second term, DNC Senior Advisor for Messaging, Mobilization, and Strategy Tim Hogan released the following statement: 

“The numbers don’t lie: Trump’s first year back in office has been a complete disaster for Texas families. Trump broke his promise to lower costs on Day One and instead has made life far more expensive for Texas families. Because of Trump’s Big Ugly Bill and failed economic policies, families are paying $1,060 more a year, and 1,400,000 Texans will be kicked off their health care after Trump let premiums skyrocket. While Donald Trump may think affordability is a hoax, Texas families know better, which is why they are putting their trust in Democrats who will keep fighting to lower costs and protect health care.”

BY THE NUMBERS: Trump’s first year has been a complete disaster for Texas
Costs: 

• Texas working families have lost $339 due to Trump’s inflation.
• Texas working families will lose a combined $1,060 each year from Trump and Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill and Trump’s reckless tariffs.

Unemployment: 

• Texas has lost 4,000 manufacturing jobs under Trump’s toxic agenda. 

Health Care:

• Texas’ 3,713,574 ACA marketplace enrollees are seeing their premiums skyrocket because Trump refused to extend these tax credits.
• Because of Trump’s Big Ugly Bill and Republicans’ refusal to extend enhanced ACA tax credits, 1,400,000 Texans are set to lose their health care entirely. 

Food Assistance:

• Because of Trump’s SNAP cuts, 1,514,000 Texas families will lose some or all of their food benefits.