Affordability has been on the minds of many Americans in recent months, as inflation slowly ticks downwards and the prices of some staple food items begin to drop. With a new executive order, President Donald Trump seems to be trying to address those concerns on a big-ticket item for many families...being able to afford a new vehicle.
Readers may have caught our story on Tuesday with Trump's comments on the fake "affordability" narrative getting pushed by the Dems. He also mentioned the possibility of scrapping the levying of federal income tax altogether.
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In an event in the Oval Office, President Trump, along with representatives of car manufacturers and dealerships, announced a new executive order rescinding Biden CAFE tailpipe emissions standards, which raised costs on the companies and the cost of car prices for consumers. CAFE stands for "Corporate Average Fuel Economy." An easy definition, via the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is a regulation:
...[on] how far our vehicles must travel on a gallon of fuel. NHTSA sets CAFE standards for passenger cars and for light trucks (collectively, light-duty vehicles), and separately sets fuel consumption standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and engines. NHTSA also regulates the fuel-economy window stickers on new vehicles.
Ending these regulations is part of complying with Trump's “Unleashing American Energy” Executive Order and the [Transportation] Secretary’s “Fixing the CAFE Program” Memorandum, according to the department's homepage.
On Wednesday, the president rattled off the investments in the United States that the auto companies have made since Trump 47 began in January. In one case, he cracked up the room by joking that they could do better than the billions of dollars they are promising:
.@POTUS: "Under the Trump Administration, $70B are now being invested in the American auto industry." 🔥 pic.twitter.com/8kw1sTLX16
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 3, 2025
Trump added that it's part of getting rid of more of the "Green New Scam," too.
Representing America's largest auto company, Ford CEO Jim Farley said that "80 percent of the cars we sell, we make in this country":
FORD CEO: "Today is a victory of COMMON SENSE and AFFORDABILITY!" 👏
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) December 3, 2025
"This allows us to INVEST in AFFORDABLE vehicles, MADE in the U.S. which we will take the lead on and will allow us to make vehicles more affordable. Thank you for making this step for all of you." pic.twitter.com/I2CyBNIBTQ
Farley said that his company believes consumers should be able to choose between EVs (electric vehicles), hybrids, or cars that use combustion, not be forced into the CAFE standards mandated by government fiat.
Stellantis' CEO confirmed that his company decided to invest more in the U.S. once they knew Pres. Trump was making this move on CAFE:
🚨Stellantis CEO says because of POTUS, they're IGNITING Auto Investment:
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) December 3, 2025
"We see the (CAFE) regulations reconciled ... that's why we decided to...
—Invest $30 MILLION in Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler in the next 4 years
—INCREASE PRODUCTION by 50%
—Add 5 new cars
—Create 5000 jobs" pic.twitter.com/M3gzE7k3xR
The chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association also spoke about the effect this will have on auto prices:
.@NADAUpdate Chairman Tom Castriota: "I represent 18,000 dealers in the country, along with 3,000 heavy duty truck dealers — and the actions that you've done as the President and your Administration is definitely going to save our customers money." pic.twitter.com/tpXmVPtgir
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 3, 2025
Pres. Trump reminded Americans of other actions he has taken during this administration to end "unfair, expensive electric vehicle mandates" from former President Joe Biden's term.
.@POTUS on actions he has taken to make buying a car more affordable: ending Biden's Green New Deal, stopping Biden's tailpipe emission standards, and revoking Biden's emissions waiver for California.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 3, 2025
Today, he announced a reset of the unfair Biden fuel economy standards. pic.twitter.com/8WVjVxx9eI
He also made time to hit Democrat CA Gov. Gavin Newsom on special emissions rules that Biden had put in place there. Those are now gone under the second Trump administration.
Lastly, Trump touted a part of the One Big Beautiful Act, which allows people to deduct the interest on their car loans:
.@POTUS says he's "so proud" of the auto loan interest deductibility under his One Big Beautiful Bill:
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 3, 2025
"If you're a rich person, you're allowed to have big interest deductions... but if you're a middle income person who has to buy a car, you were never entitled to anything." pic.twitter.com/2f5nXV6o0Z
Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin chimed in on this being just one of the campaign promises that the president is making good on, especially getting rid of "burdensome regulations":
President Trump campaigned on making cars more affordable and today’s action is the latest bold move to deliver on this commitment. The Trump Administration has been making big moves all year to reshore auto manufacturing and repeal burdensome regulations that were making it more… https://t.co/vC40DyeJ5k
— Lee Zeldin (@epaleezeldin) December 3, 2025
The Trump Administration has been making big moves all year to reshore auto manufacturing and repeal burdensome regulations that were making it more difficult to purchase vehicles. Consumer choice prevails!
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