On this week’s Trumponomics, host Stephanie Flanders explores how Democrats are repurposing President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign theme—affordability—as their own political cudgel, and whether it could lead to more victories in 2026. Bloomberg political correspondent Nancy Cook and The Atlantic writer Annie Lowrey join to unpack the politics and policy behind America’s enduring cost-of-living crisis.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-07/government-shutdown-mamdani-win-show-us-politics-is-about-affordability
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/great-affordability-crisis-breaking-america/606046/

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