Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Monday that President Trump called her after she criticized his policies on affordability in a speech at the National Press Club in Washington.
“This morning, I gave a speech noting how Donald Trump is driving up costs for families, sowing terror and chaos in our communities, and abusing his power to prosecute anyone who criticizes him,” Warren said in a statement.
“In my remarks, I made it clear that despite promising to lower costs On Day One, Trump has done nothing but raise costs for families. I said that if he really wants to get something done, including capping credit card interest rates or lowering housing costs, he would use his leverage and pick up the phone,” she continued.
Warren said Trump called her after and that she delivered the “same message on affordability to him directly.”
“I told him that Congress can pass legislation to cap credit card rates if he will actually fight for it. I also urged him to get House Republicans to pass the bipartisan ROAD to Housing Act, which passed the Senate with unanimous support and would build more housing and lower costs,” she said.
A White House official confirmed on Monday that the call took place, describing it as “productive.”
“President Trump and Sen. Warren had a productive call about credit card interest rates and housing affordability for the American people,” the official said.
Warren’s speech and statement come days after Trump called for credit card companies to cap interest rates at 10 percent.
“Please be informed that we will no longer let the American Public be ‘ripped off’ by Credit Card Companies that are charging Interest Rates of 20 to 30%, and even more, which festered unimpeded during the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration. AFFORDABILITY!” the president wrote Friday in a post on Truth Social.
The White House has sought to reclaim the issue of affordability ahead of the midterms. Despite Trump and Republicans winning on the issue in 2024, Democrats successfully messaged on the issue in a number of off-year and special elections last year.
