President Donald Trump had a harder time than expected during a Fox News interview this week, bristling when a usually friendly host pressed him on affordability before he veered into a familiar tirade against Democrats, the media, and what he called “fake” polls.

Fox News host Laura Ingraham began her segment on “The Ingraham Angle” by noting that affordability had become the year’s defining political issue, especially in key swing states.

“The economy was listed as a top concern. I know you know this for voters in New Jersey, New York, Virginia,” she said, before adding that prices for “eggs, gas, dinner costs for Thanksgiving” had gone down, while prices for “beef, coffee, auto repairs” were still very high.

The moment she pivoted toward a cost increase, Trump interrupted, “Shhhhhhh, yeah but they’re gonna come down very shortly.”

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Unfazed, Ingraham continued pressing: “Is this a voter perception issue of the economy, or is there more that needs to be done by Republicans on Capitol Hill or done in terms of policy?”

“More than anything else, it’s a con job by the Democrats,” Trump snapped pinning blame on his usual suspects. “They feed it to the anchors of ABC, CBS, NBC … It’s such a rigged system.”

He insisted costs were “way down,” claiming gas prices would soon hit $2 a gallon and that “energy’s down. We drill … we’re going like wild.”

When Ingraham tried to redirect, “So are you saying voters are misperceiving how they feel?” Trump doubled down, “It’s a Democratic con job,” he said, before veering into campaign boasts about polling and Kamala Harris.

Asked again why consumers still feel anxious, Trump rejected the premise, “I don’t know that they are saying that. I think polls are fake. We have the greatest economy we’ve ever had … It’s largely because of tariffs.”