Party leaders vow to hammer Trump on affordability in months ahead, with Venezuela, Greenland their latest cudgels.

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Washington, DC – One year into US President Donald Trump’s second term in office, Democrats hope the Republican president’s campaign pledges – vows to end foreign wars and pivot to “America First” – are coming back to haunt him.

Leaders of the party have long hammered affordability as a key issue in the upcoming 2026 midterms in November, in which the opposition party hopes to reclaim both chambers of Congress from Republicans and, in turn, regain the ability to check the president’s expansive use of executive power.