Pro-Trump TV Ad Overstates His Second-Term Economic Record

A TV ad from a group supportive of President Donald Trump makes misleading claims, and uses outdated data, to argue that he is “fixing” an economy “ruined” by Democrats.

For example, the ad says that “inflation and gas prices” are now “at four-year lows,” based on data from March. National average gasoline prices have increased since then and are several cents higher than when Trump took office. And economists have warned that inflation also may soon increase again because of Trump’s tariff policies.

The ad also says that “Trump’s plan” is to provide “middle-class tax cuts.” The Republican budget bill would benefit middle-income taxpayers by extending the 2017 tax cuts — on average, every income group would get some tax relief. However, a nonpartisan tax policy organization has found that the majority of the tax cut benefits would go to the wealthiest 20% of households.