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

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 Wisconsin into crisis. While Trump focuses on building a gilded ballroom, calls affordability a “hoax,” and flips off workers, Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin families. Trump broke his promise to lower costs on Day One and instead has made life far more expensive for Wisconsin families. Because of Trump’s Big Ugly Bill and failed economic policies, families are paying $1,060 more a year, and 110,000 Wisconsinites will be kicked off their health care after Trump let premiums skyrocket. While Donald Trump may think affordability is a hoax, Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin

Costs:

• Wisconsin working families have lost $671 due to Trump’s inflation.
• Wisconsin working families will lose a combined $1,060 each year from Trump and Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill and Trump’s reckless tariffs.

Unemployment:

• Wisconsin has lost 400 manufacturing jobs under Trump’s toxic agenda.

Health Care:

• Wisconsin’s 271,589 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, 110,000 Wisconsinites are set to lose their health care entirely.

Food Assistance:

• Because of Trump’s SNAP cuts, 375,000 Wisconsin families will lose some or all of their food benefits.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.