Trump claims costs fall while households already paid $606 extra on gas from Iran war

Trump: Costs are all coming down now. The food, the groceries, all coming down. I think we should be given an A+ on the economy pic.twitter.com/2D6lbXFvQd

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 5, 2026

Here’s a fact check from his own Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

Grocery prices (food at home) increased 0.2% from May to June 2026 and 2.7% over the past year, contrary to his claim.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

https://iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu