💲“Affordability” Edition

President Donald Trump is facing a new and terrifying challenge: Americans who look at prices and believe their own eyes.

This is deeply unfair to a president who has always operated in a reality-optional mode of governance. For years, Trump has floated above the laws of physics, economics, and zoning regulations—accepting luxury planes from foreign governments, pardoning crooks, demolishing the White House like it’s a renovation special on HGTV—and nothing stuck. But now he has encountered a foe even he cannot defeat: the grocery bill.