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Today on the Playbook podcast, Donald Trump tries to get back on the front foot this week with a focus on affordability, but there are various obstacles in his way. We'll tell you what they are.

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Welcome to American politics in 2025. Good morning. This is Jack Blanchard. And I'm Dasha Burns. It is

Monday, November 17th. How are you, Dasha? It is Monday. I saw youasha Burns. It is Monday, November 17th.

How are you, Dasha?

It is Monday.

That's what you're saying. Tell me you had a wonderful weekend.

Oh, no, I did have a lovely weekend.

Yes, the poppelli took his first trip to Home Depot, which was very exciting.

So many sights and sounds and smells. He was a total hit.

Everybody loved him. It was awesome. You've gone full domesticated, haven't you? Oh, of course.

Home Depot with a puppy. What could be better? All right. Well, Donald Trump is trying to get back on the front foot this week after what I'm going to say, Desha, has been a bit of a nightmare a couple of weeks for the president. Is that fair? He got those terrible election results at the start of the month. Then he got that Supreme Court case on tariffs, which sounded like it might not be going very well, although we haven't had the result yet. Then the Jeffrey Epstein thing came back and blew up in his face. We've got a MAGA base that's fractured and

angry and in some cases pointing the finger at him. It feels like he needs to get back on the front

fork for someone who likes so much winning. It hasn't been a lot of winning the last couple of

weeks. Yeah, I think that's a fair assessment and I think that is why he is showing increased

frustration in his two social posts. You could say that again. We got a very long one last night. Yes, we did. Before we talk about, let's just talk about what this due focus is. We talked about this last week. And in fact, you got the scoop on it, really, with your interview with James Blair, the White House aide a few days before that, which is what they're trying to do, I think

it's fair to say, is a relentless focus on this issue of affordability that was raised initially

by Democrats, the cost of living. The thing that won Trump the election last year.

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