Trump’s economic speech veers into anti-immigrant rhetoric

President Trump’s speech on the economy turned into a campaign-style event as he looks ahead to the 2026 midterms. Speaking to a Pennsylvania audience, the president blamed Democrats for inflation and insisted prices were coming down. But he soon began weaving from topic to topic. The president’s speech was peppered with profanity and he ranted against immigrants from third world countries — calling them “filthy, dirty, disgusting.” It was the first of upcoming regularly scheduled events that his White House chief of staff said the president would hold ahead of next year’s midterms.