Across the US, affordability concerns are intensifying and infusing the political conversation. How do you feel about your finances right now? Bloomberg reporters want to hear your story https://t.co/awiI0Gl58j ...

But I have been so struck over the past couple of days about the fact that the president remains extraordinarily tonedeaf when it comes to the economy, giving himself of of and which of course we know he would A+ plus on the economy when, as Von Hillyard told us yesterday, a lot of people in Pennsylvania really struggling. Even people who support Donald Trump and went to his rallies weren't giving him A+ pluses. And Marjgerie Taylor Green talked about it there.Heating bills, electric bills going up, gas um ...

I do want to talk about the economy, sir, here at home and and I I wonder what grade you would give. >> A+ A+ plus. >> Look, electrics electric bills have gone up. Everyone's bills have either stayed the same or going higher. Grocery prices have not gone down. Everybody suffered from inflation that happened during the Biden administration. And I think the the president needs to be aware that he's a billionaire, president of the United States, and you can't gaslight people and tell them that their bills are ...

So tonight, Trump held a rally in Pennsylvania trying to convince people he's been great. The economy is going great, while also calling the word affordability a hoax, and rambling about everything from windmills to Somalia. And when he wasn't completely off topic, Trump's message on the economy was well, pitch perfect.You can give up certain products. uh you can give up pencils cuz under the China policy, you know, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need one or two, you know, they don't need that ma ...

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We start the hour with MS Now White House reporter Jake Trailer along with Mark Lieovich of The Atlantic and Neil Irwin, chief economic correspondent at Axios. Let's start with you Jake. Does the White House think the president accomplished what he needed to last night.>> Yeah, Anna, look, I mean, the intent from the White House, from President Trump, was an allout blitz essentially to reclaim the narrative that Republicans are the party of affordability. And there were a lot of stops in last night's speech ...

You know, they always have a hoax. The new word is affordability. So, they look at the camera and they say, "This election is all about affordability." Now, they never talk about it.And I can't say affordability hoax because I agree the prices were too high, so I can't go to hoax because they'll misconrue that. But they use the word affordability and that's their only word. They say affordability.And everyone says, "Oh, that must mean Trump has high prices." No, our prices are coming down tremendously. Afte ...

And President Trump last night delivered what was supposed to be his first speech, addressing the issue of affordability, but he mocked it and told the crowd that Americans were doing better than ever. >> They gave you the highest inflation in history, and we're giving you we're bringing those prices down rapidly. Lower prices, bigger paychecks. You're getting lower prices, bigger paychecks. We're getting uh inflation.We're crushing it. and you're getting much higher wages. I mean, the only thing that you t ...

We are now 329 days away from the midterms. Usually, we hear from President Donald Trump speak at the White House a few times a week. He's announcing something.He's talking about whatever is on his mind and going back and forth with reporters. That's normal. But today, today's White House event was very revealing on several different subjects, starting with a controversial second strike on a boat in the Caribbean.Watch this. >> Mr. . President, you said you would have no problem with releasing the full vide ...

Joining us head of King's College Cambridge and columnist for the Financial Times, Jillian Tet and semaphore Congressional Bureau Chief Burgess Everett. So is a inflation essentially gone, Jillian, if only. Um, frankly, inflation has been running above the Fed's 2% target now for several months.The signs are that it has been heading up. The good news is it's not heading up as high as some people feared early this year when President Trump announced the tariffs and that's enabled the White House to say, "Loo ...