Neera Tanden

Thanks for having me.

I think the first and foremost thing for any administration to do is to figure out how to do no harm.

In that arena, the administration has definitely failed.

What is...

you know, kind of stark is that at a time where people are concerned about really making ends meet, the administration's cornerstone policy is tariffs.

And those tariffs raise the cost of goods for, you know, most Americans, a lot of small businesses and just increased costs overall in the economy.

But it's also important to remember that tariffs are essentially a version of a sales tax that is really disproportionately impacting kind of working class, poor Americans.

So I think on affordability writ large.

The real challenge for the administration is that it's making the problem worse.

And when you really go beyond just goods like groceries or just buying, like, soccer balls at your local Target to, you know, things like health care, it's an even starker picture.

So there, the—

President Trump is the first president in my lifetime who has actually successfully taken health care away from people.

He's the one big beautiful bill act.

We'll increase costs for millions of Americans by ensuring they don't have health insurance.

The whole debate on premium tax credits, the Affordable Care Act, premium tax credits is also fundamentally about affordability as well.

So

I'm going to go with an F. Saw that coming.

I know that might shock people.

That might be, I just was like, I was really changing it up there.

But yeah, I'm going with a failing grade.