If Not A Recession, Why Does It Feel Like One?

如果不是经济衰退,为何感觉如此?

What A Day

2025-11-07

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After Tuesday’s election results, everyone seems to have gotten the message that affordability is king. Democrats, Republicans, and even President Donald Trump have been talking about the costs of various things, like healthcare, groceries, and Thanksgiving dinner ever since. But for a lot of Americans, making ends meet has been hard for a while. To talk more about the disconnect between what the Trump administration is saying about the economy and how Americans are feeling, we spoke with Stacy Vanek Smith. She’s a reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek and co-host of the Bloomberg podcast, Everybody’s Business. And in headlines, the Federal Aviation Administration cancels flights across the U.S. reportedly to ease the strain on air traffic controllers during the longest ever government shutdown, California Democratic Representative Nancy Pelosi announces her retirement after nearly 40 years in Congress, and the jury in the case of the man who slung twelve inches of vigilante justice at a federal officer has reached its verdict. Show Notes:   Check out Stacey's podcast – https://tinyurl.com/y2zannt6Call Congress – 202-224-3121Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • It's Friday, November 7th.

  • I'm Todd Zoellick, in for Jane Costin, and this is What A Day,

  • the show that knows caring about affordability hits harder when you care about it from a $300 million gold-plated ballroom.

  • On today's show,

  • the Federal Aviation Administration cancels flights across the US They say to ease the strain on air traffic controllers during the record long government shutdown.

  • And the jury in the case of a man who slung 12 inches of vigilante justice at a federal officer on multigrain,

  • no less, has reached its verdict.

  • But let's start with the cost of things.

  • Everyone seems to have gotten the message on affordability after Tuesday.

  • Democrats, Republicans, even the crypto king president.

  • For Dems, It's a no-brainer.

  • The cost of health care, the cost of eggs, they pivot to it all the time.

  • So if they can interpret every last vote as being about affordability,

  • even without evidence, they're gonna.

  • Okay, but what about President Trump?

  • Can a man fixing to fly a $400 million jet gifted from Qatar or trade off of $2 billion in Emirati crypto really know about the price of a Thanksgiving turkey?

  • You betcha.

  • On Thursday, Trump talked about some new data he likes from his favorite donors, Walmart.

  • They just came out with a very powerful statement.

  • They've done it for many years that under the Biden administration,