CNN Host Skewers Trump Over Latest Food Price Claims: 'The Numbers Don't Lie'

<script>!function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement('iframe');t.display='none',t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement('script');c.src='//cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js',c.setAttribute('async','1'),c.setAttribute('type','text/javascript'),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document);</script><script id="6910436be4b0853433846db0">(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=ff7fdddc-5441-4253-abc4-f12a33fad58b';cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"ff7fdddc-5441-4253-abc4-f12a33fad58b","mediaId":"e7e337e8-1e21-463e-a92e-8e8312b8920e"}).render("6910436be4b0853433846db0");});</script><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CNN</a> host <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/topic/abby-phillip" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Abby Phillip</a> criticised President <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Donald Trump</a> for telling reporters that his administration has done “a great job” in <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-grocery-lies_n_690e4e2ee4b0dd4ea75b830a" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reducing food costs</a> — and that the press and former President <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Joe Biden</a> are to blame for some of the burgeoning cries to the contrary.</p><p>“If you look at affordability, which they ca