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Trump can't bring prices down - Today, Explained

Trump can't bring prices down - Today, Explained

Update: 2025-11-17
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The affordability crisis is not entirely the president's fault. But he promised lower prices, and now it is his problem.


This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Melissa Hirsch and Ariana Aspuru, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Adriene Lilly, and hosted by Noel King.


Shoppers looking at a canned fish display at a store in South Burlington, Vermont. Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images.


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Trump can't bring prices down - Today, Explained

Trump can't bring prices down - Today, Explained