President praises falling prices, links immigration to crime improvements

Speaker 1 opened a press briefing by emphasizing recent economic indicators and low inflation, telling reporters, "Gasoline is less than $2 in many places a gallon." He said prices for other goods have fallen as well and framed the trend as a clear improvement in household costs.

Why it matters: The speaker tied economic performance directly to political priorities and immigration policy, framing both as reasons voters should judge current administration performance. Those linkages shape talking points that can influence legislative negotiations and public opinion.

On immigration, Speaker 1 asserted that "they let in 25,000,000 people, many of whom should not have been allowed into our country," and connected that influx to earlier crime trends. He said law-enforcement actions to remove criminal noncitizens had helped reduce violent crime, repeating that the country now has "the best murder numbers since 1900." Those numerical claims were stated by the speaker in response to reporter questions; the transcript does not cite independent sources for the figures.

Reporters asked whether Speaker 1 would negotiate with Democrats on Department of Homeland Security funding; Speaker 1 said he would meet with them and stressed, "We're gonna protect law enforcement. We're gonna protect ICE." He presented the crime statistics and immigration removals as evidence that enforcement actions have improved public safety.

The briefing did not include documentary evidence or citations for the numerical claims about immigration totals or crime statistics; those assertions are reported here as stated in the transcript.