MNI POLITICAL RISK-Trump Pushback On 'Affordability' Campaign

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Executive summary:

• President Donald Trump has no public events scheduled for the day. The president is set to hold a roundtable at the White House at 14:00ET 19:00GMT and meet with a group of pastors in the Oval Office at 17:00ET 22:00 GMT.
• Secretary of Defense/War Pete Hegseth hosts the annual AUKUS Defense Ministers’ Ministerial meeting at the Pentagon. He is set to welcome the Australian Deputy PM and Minister of Defence Richard Marles and British Secretary of State for Defence John Healey at 10:00 ET 15:00 GMT.
• President Trump delivered a high-profile address on the economy on the evening of 9 December. While intended to address the cost-of-living issues, Trump treated the speech as a campaign stump event, touting his tariff agenda, immigration crackdown, and claiming the Democrats are weaponizing the ‘affordability’ issue.
• The House is set to vote on a rule regarding the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) at 13:30 ET 18:30 GMT, with the final floor vote due around 16:00 ET 21:00 GMT. The NDAA provides funding for the US military for another 12 months and is generally viewed as one of (if not the) most critical pieces of legislation for Congress to pass.
• The Democrats continued their recent run of securing somewhat unexpected electoral victories in elections to state or city offices.
• Chart of the Day: Fed meets with expectations of a rate cut, with 'affordability' identified as key voter issue. 

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