Washington Week with The Atlantic

Trump's backpedaling on promises to lower prices

After making inflation and the cost of groceries part of his campaign, President-elect Trump is starting to walk back some of his promises to lower prices. The panel discusses what's behind that change and Trump's other potentially extreme actions on immigration.

Trump's backpedaling on promises to lower prices

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