President Donald Trump’s moves to tackle economic issues worrying US voters have so far amounted to recycling several long-standing Democratic proposals.
After initially dismissing voters’ affordability concerns as a Democratic hoax, Trump has pivoted to proposing traditionally left-of-center economic ideas, including stopping investors from buying single-family homes and forcing banks to cap credit card interest rates. The proposals have been popular with Democrats such as Sen.
Democrats are leaping at the chance to paint the president’s push as co-opting their ideas after Republicans failed ...