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Can Trump solve rising prices?

Business Daily

BBC

News, Business

4.4796 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In the run up to the US election, prices of food, gas and housing were never far from voter’s minds.

We head to Pennsylvania where food prices have risen faster than anywhere in the US to find out what it’s like for people day-to-day.

And we look at what President-elect Donald Trump has said he could do to help people.

Will it work?

Presented and produced by Monica Miller

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Business Daily from the BBC World Service with me, Monica Miller.

0:07.4

In today's program, it can only get better. It could only get better. And we're going four more years with him here.

0:13.1

So, I mean, he's turned the economy around. We saw him do it. We know he can do it again.

0:17.6

I'm in the U.S. We're three weeks on from Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election.

0:22.9

I'm finding out about a key voting issue, prices.

0:26.2

We were averaging like 400 bucks a month in groceries.

0:29.8

It's closer to three times that now.

0:33.1

The high cost of living made many voters nostalgic for the days when Trump was last in the White House.

0:38.3

He's promised to increase tariffs and cut prices on housing, food, and fuel.

0:43.0

But what can the president and his administration really do to make life easier for Americans?

0:48.6

That's President Trump's 2.0 economic plan, all coming up on today's Business Daily.

1:06.9

Election season in the U.S. is finally over.

1:11.4

There are just a few campaign sides left on road sides in parts of Pennsylvania.

1:15.6

Residents have turned their attention to raking autumn leaves in their yards and putting up holiday decorations for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

1:19.8

President-elect Donald Trump beat Vice President Kamala Harris in this battleground state by 50.4%.

1:26.2

The key issue for many voters was the economy.

1:32.3

Merchandise at the Trump store in the suburbs of Philadelphia have been flying off the

1:36.2

shelves. I'll tell you, people have been buying right after the election like they were

1:40.4

millionaires. Trump bobblehead, sweatshirts, and Christmas cards filled the store.

1:46.1

And we've had to restock, restock.

1:48.1

But my favorite shirt, I guess, is we the people have spoken.

1:51.1

Donald J. Trump, President, 47th President of the United States.

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