Keith Duggan

And it might be 2027 before that occurs.

Definitely, I think there is an increasing sense that the cost of living is becoming unmanageable for many, many people.

It's, you know, it's strange, like the United States has become a really horrendously expensive country to survive in.

to get buy-in for many, many people.

And I think there's a lot of disillusionment amongst people who were persuaded to vote for Donald Trump because of that message in November 2024.

So that's sort of the political mood.

I mean, the day-to-day mood on the street is still much as it always was.

People are getting on with things and making the best of things.

But, yeah, certainly it's a strange time and you hear it and read it all the time about the fuel prices in petrol stations.

That's really a sort of, you know, an inescapable indictment for the administration at the moment because people see it every single day and they're reminded of the fact that this is not what they wanted or voted for.

His poll ratings are terribly poor, yeah.

And it doesn't look as though that's going to change much between now and the autumn, irrespective of what the administration may or may not achieve with Iran in the coming weeks.

But, you know, it's a mystery as to whether

Trump is even that concerned right now.

I mean, he's a second term president.

And, you know, I think there's a feeling that maybe his interest has sort of switched to his his legacy.

And if he if if his successor, whoever that is, inherits a deeply wounded Republican Party, then so be it.

It was sort of the last thing in the tale from Jerome Powell.

He announced this at his final monthly meeting in April.

And he was the first federal chair to remain on since 1948.