Trump 2.0: The President’s Affordability Problem

特朗普2.0:总统的负担问题

The Daily

2026-01-30

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President Trump was elected in 2024 on the promise that he would fix the economy. Now, a new poll from The New York Times/Siena reveals that the issue may be driving voters away. Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst at The Times, explains what the poll tells us. Guest: Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The New York Times. Background reading:  Voters see a middle-class lifestyle as drifting out of reach, the poll found.Here’s what Americans really mean by “affordability.”Who are the voters who have taken a U-turn on Mr. Trump?Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
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