00:00President Trump, we heard them speak about cost of living.
00:02We focused on that same cost of living,
00:04and that's where I am really looking forward
00:06to delivering for New Yorkers in partnership
00:08with the president on the affordability agenda.
00:11You know, we had, both of us,
00:13we had the highest inflation in the history of our country
00:15the last four years under the Biden administration.
00:19The president was the president,
00:21and those are also part of the message of our campaign
00:23was to take on a broken politics of the past,
00:26and I ran against a number of candidates
00:27who represented different versions of that past.
00:30And what we found time and again is that working people
00:32were left behind in the politics of our city.
00:34From different parts of the political spectrum,
00:37you're both populists, though,
00:38and I just wonder to what extent the president's campaign style,
00:42his techniques, his social media use,
00:45inspired any part of your campaign?
00:47Well, I actually told the president that, you know,
00:49so much of the focus of our campaign
00:51has been on the cost of living crisis,
00:53and when we asked those New Yorkers
00:54who had voted for the president
00:55when we saw an increase in his numbers in New York City
00:59that came back to the same issue,
01:00cost of living, cost of living, cost of living.
01:02And they spoke about the cost of groceries,
01:04the cost of rent, the cost of con ed,
01:06the cost of child care.
01:07And too often, politicians are looking to lecture
01:10to New Yorkers what they should care about
01:11as opposed to listen.
01:13And when we spoke to those voters
01:14who voted for President Trump,
01:16we heard them speak about cost of living.
01:18We focused on that same cost of living,
01:19and that's where I am really looking forward
01:22to delivering for New Yorkers in partnership
01:24with the president on the affordability agenda.
01:27And I think we have to work a little bit.
01:29We talked about con edison.
01:30We have to work a little bit on getting the prices
01:32because, you know, we've gotten fuel prices way down,
01:35but it hasn't shown up in con edison.
01:38And we're going to have to talk to them.
01:39You know, if we're sending them fuel
01:42at a much lower price than it was a year ago,
01:44which is true, we have to get con edison
01:47to start lowering their rates.
01:48Absolutely.
01:49Mr. President, the cost of living
01:51is something that you and Mr. Mondani seem to agree on.
01:54Democrats have run New York City for a long time,
01:58Mr. Mondani.
01:59Do you see Democrat policy specifically
02:02as being a problem?
02:03And I'd like that to be a question
02:05that both of you could answer in New York City.
02:07Look, I think that there are many things in our city
02:10where we have to own the responsibility of it,
02:12things that existed long before the president
02:15was the president.
02:16And those are also part of the message of our campaign
02:18was to take on a broken politics of the past.
02:21And I ran against a number of candidates
02:22who represented different versions of that past.
02:25And what we found time and again
02:26is that working people were left behind
02:28in the politics of our city.
02:29And what we're looking to do
02:30is put those people right back
02:31at the heart of our politics
02:32so that we don't have a situation
02:34where we're in the wealthiest city
02:36in the history of the world
02:38and yet one in five can't even afford $2.90
02:41for a MetroCard.
02:42Mr. Mondani?
02:43You know, we had some interesting conversation
02:46and some of his ideas really are
02:48the same ideas that I have.
02:50But a big thing on cost,
02:52you know, the new word is affordability.
02:55Another word is just groceries.
02:56You know, it's sort of an old-fashioned word,
02:58but it's very accurate.
03:00And they're coming down,
03:01they're coming down high.
03:02They were, you know, we had, both of us,
03:04we had the highest inflation
03:05in the history of our country
03:06the last four years
03:07under the Biden administration.
03:11And we've got inflation down now
03:13to a normal number.
03:14It's going to go even a little bit lower than that.
03:15Katie, do you have something?
03:16I was pregnant.
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