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President Trump travels to Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania today to talk about his administration's efforts to address a top concern for voters, affordability.

At the White House on Monday, he gave a preview.

But the Democrats caused the affordability problem, and we're the ones that are fixing it.

So it's a very simple statement.

This claim after he previously called affordability a, quote, hoax.

The problem for Trump and Republicans is that recent polls show voters blame the president's policies for high prices.

NPR senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith joins us now.

Tamara, this sort of travel, going out and selling your policies, that's what presidents typically do, except not this year so far.

I'd rather go to sporting events, too, but that's just me.

So what's this first stop message going to be?

Their prices were much higher.

OK, then will Trump's messaging be paired with any new policies that could actually bring prices down?

That kind of stuff is going to make it so that people are going to look at their wallets and say, oh, boy, this guy's really making me better off.

And in the end, that's more important than any poll.

All right, that's NPR's Tamara Keith.

Thanks a lot.

The Supreme Court appears likely to hand President Trump another major victory.

The court heard arguments Monday over whether the president should have the power to remove members of independent agencies despite laws that say he cannot.