Donald Trump says "we're making a freaking fortune" about gasoline prices

In a Los Angeles Times opinion column, Mark Z. Barabak described Republicans’ midterm losses as a severe rebuke of President Donald Trump amid voter dissatisfaction over inflation. According to the column, when addressing higher gasoline prices, Trump made a dismissive remark about the cost burden and suggested the country was faring well economically. The column said the comment came as inflation worsened and Trump’s approval ratings dropped, and it tied the GOP’s loss of the House and Senate to anger over the economy, immigration policies and Trump’s focus on Washington building projects. Barabak wrote that voters, whom Trump had urged to treat the election as a referendum on him, delivered a strong rejection. This matters because the outcome reshaped congressional control and was portrayed as a personal repudiation.