THE 101: President Donald Trump came to Iowa to make his first big pitch ahead of this year's midterm elections.
WHAT TO KNOW: Trump first met with diners at an Urbandale restaurant before giving a speech in Clive. He talked up tax cuts signed into law last year and took credit for the soaring performance of the stock market, saying he "made a lot of people rich," including some "that I don't even like."
The trip for the Republican president was part of a White House push to focus more on affordability ahead of elections in November that will determine control of Congress.
But the president once again suggested that concerns about prices were exaggerated by his political opponents, saying, "They come up with this word 'affordability.'"
"First time you heard about it was like a few months ago," he said.
He went on and added: "You're not hearing it so much anymore. You know why? Because the prices are coming down so much."
Information from the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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