Look what happened. Is this crazy? We stand on the verge of the four greatest years in the history.

Make America great victory. How can you be against them?

On the 2024 campaign trail, President Trump ran on a populist economic message that he'd bring down prices and make things better for American consumers.

Now he says kids will need to make do with fewer toys and the country will need to put up with some of the economic pain.

Welcome to Sidebar from Washington Post.

I'm Rhonda Colvin alongside James Holman and our special guest today,

Senior National Political Correspondent Neftali Ben David. That's a pretty long title.

It's longer than it used to be. Yeah. So that's what we're going to dive into today is Trump's

messaging on tariffs, his economic plan, and what it all means.

We're also going to be talking about at the end of our program whether or not President Trump

has a possibility or a chance to become Pope.

And spoiler alert, he does not have that chance.

But let's dive into economic policy right now. President Trump ran

largely on an economic message that he would bring down prices, rev up the economy. But that has

quickly changed in the early months of his second presidency. So we're going to play some tape for

you to show you how big this shift has been. The first tape we're going

to show you is a clip from just days before the November election when he was on the campaign

trail. And the second clip is from this past weekend with Meet the Press. So let's take a look.

They say about my groceries were so expensive, they'll be cheaper.

Your paychecks will be higher.

Your streets will be safer and cleaner.

Your communities will be richer. And your future as an American will be much better than it ever has been when I get in.

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