Domenico Montanaro

They've been saying that that the Trump administration, frankly, is not focused on it enough.

And instead, he decided to say that everything's fine, that that.

It's basically all great.

The stock market is doing great.

Jobs are doing well.

And if there's one thing from a midterm standpoint, it's this.

And it really didn't help his party's case on this because people have been saying –

that they think the president's policies have been to blame.

And again, he stood by his tariffs, you know, criticizing the Supreme Court, saying it was an unfortunate ruling, a little more polite than what he said online about them.

But sticking by his tariffs, continuing to say he has the authority to do it, even though that's something that people have been saying is directly to blame for high prices.

I'm Sam Greenglass.

I cover Congress.

I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

And I'm Mara Liason, senior national political correspondent.

Standard.

It was a standard Trump speech.

Sometimes when presidents are sinking in the polls the way Donald Trump is and majorities of Americans think he has not brought the kind of change they want, presidents try something new.

Donald Trump did not try something new.

This is what we've heard from him before, that things are great.

that he inherited a country that was a complete mess.