I joined Carl Higbie to cut through the noise and explain what’s really happening on inflation and affordability for everyday Americans—gas in the car, food on the table, and rent that still hurts. I lay out why the Democrats’ con job is trying to pin Biden legacy inflation on President Trump, and why the reality is that inflation comes down with lags that vary by category—chicken and eggs can normalize fast, but cattle and rents take much longer. I also explain how we’re going sector-by-sector inside the administration to attack what drives the CPI, while pushing the other side of the equation: real wages and purchasing power. And I warn that we cannot repeat 1982—Reagan broke inflation, but voters still felt the pain and the country got punished with midterm gridlock—because 2026 will be a fight for both economic progress and basic freedom.
