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/

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

Tariffs, crypto, deregulation, tax cuts, protectionism, are just some of the things back on the table when Donald Trump returns to the Presidency. To help you plan for Trump's singular approach to economics, Bloomberg presents Trumponomics, a weekly podcast focused on the Trump administration's economic policies and plans. Editorial head of government and economics Stephanie Flanders will be joined each week by reporters in Washington D.C. and Wall Street to examine how Trump's policies are shaping the global economy and what on earth is going to happen next.

Tariffs, crypto, deregulation, tax cuts, protectionism, are just some of the things back on the table when Donald Trump returns to the Presidency. To help you plan for Trump's singular approach to economics, Bloomberg presents Trumponomics, a weekly podcast focused on the Trump administration's economic policies and plans. Editorial head of government and economics Stephanie Flanders will be joined each week by reporters in Washington D.C. and Wall Street to examine how Trump's policies are shaping the global economy and what on earth is going to happen next.

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Democrats Find a Potent Political Weapon Named ‘Affordability’

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