President Trump says 'the golden age of America is upon us' and has dismissed affordability concerns as a 'hoax', while Vice President JD Vance acknowledges gas prices are too high and says 'we're working on it'. The piece notes that Americans' confidence in the economy has sunk to its lowest level in more than a decade, the average long-term mortgage rate has hit its highest in nearly three years, and unemployment ticked up. Some Trump supporters still trust his message, while Texas college student Santiago Rodriguez says the president is out of touch with the cost of living. Trump has given himself an 'A+' on the economy, whereas Vance stresses his working-class upbringing and says 'we need to do more'.
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