Greens launch affordability ads to coincide with Trump speech

By Timothy Cama | 02/23/2026 01:32 PM EST

President Donald Trump is delivering the State of the Union address Tuesday evening.

President Donald Trump gets ready to exit the stage after speaking at a rally at Coosa Steel in Rome, Georgia.

President Donald Trump gets ready to exit the stage after speaking at a rally at Coosa Steel in Rome, Georgia, on Thursday. Mark Schiefelbein/AP

A Democratic-aligned environmental group is running an advertising campaign criticizing President Donald Trump over high prices.

Climate Power is putting at least $100,000 into the ad on television and other platforms ahead of Tuesday’s State of the Union address by Trump, the group said Monday.

The campaign follows efforts over the last year by Democrats and their allies to focus on affordability, an issue polls show voters continue to prioritize.

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“In Trump’s world, things are going just great,” a voice-over in Climate Power’s ad says, showing Trump saying the United States now has “the greatest economy, actually, ever in history.”

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