Trump's Economic Legacy: What Really Happened to Your Money?

Podcast: Labor Force Podcast · Mike Struchen

Opublikowano: 2026-08-19

Trump built his political comeback around a series of big economic promises: lower prices, cheaper gasoline, affordable housing, lower mortgage rates, more manufacturing jobs, a balanced federal budget, and an economy that would “grow like nobody’s ever grown before.” But how much of that has actually happened? In this segment, we put the promises up against the economic reality. We also examine the increasingly K-shaped economy, Trump’s aggressive push for deregulation, and issues at the NLRB, where a new Republican majority could reverse numerous pro-worker precedents. The larger question is simple: When poli...