One thing I’ve never quite understood is how politicians can rip each other to shreds in speeches, then sit together like old chums and engage in friendly conversations. During the '24 presidential election, Donald Trump and Joe Biden savaged each other daily, with Trump (fairly) pointing out that Joe “can’t put two sentences together” while Biden (unfairly) regularly compared Donald to Nazi figures.

And yet there they were after the election, with Trump the victor sitting next to Biden the loser in the Oval Office, both grinning ear to ear like they were long lost brothers. Following the friendly meeting, however, they both immediately went back to saying just about the worst possible things they could about each other.

President Biden and President-elect Donald Trump shake hands at their White House meeting, as Biden says he is looking forward to "a smooth transition."

"Politics is tough, and it's in many cases not a very nice world," Trump says. "But it is a nice world today."… pic.twitter.com/j9wc4tgrBr

— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 13, 2024

Then there’s leftist Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who Trump likes to call “Pocahontas” because she claimed she was part Native American while teaching at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard. She is not a member of any tribal nation, and genetic tests later showed her dubious claim to be anywhere from 1/64th to 1/1,024th of the truth.

But there they were Monday night, chatting away on the phone like old friends:

Donald Trump and Elizabeth Warren discussed lowering costs for working class Americans on a surprisingly friendly phone call Monday.

The call came after Warren had an hour-long talk at the National Press Club where she called on President Trump to use his leverage to address high prices. 

Shortly after the speech, the president rang the woman he has frequently derided as 'Pocahontas' in the past.

Instead of insulting each other, they talked about affordability and the very few things they could agree on:

While on the phone, she said she spoke to him about his recent push to cap credit card rates and lower housing costs.

'I told him that Congress can pass legislation to cap credit card rates if he will actually fight for it,' she wrote.

'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.'

The senator's remarks about the phone call start at the 2:52 mark:

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) says President Trump called her after she delivered a speech this morning criticizing his record on affordability issues, telling CBS News’ Caitlin Huey-Burns they spoke about putting a cap on credit card interest rates and lowering housing costs.… pic.twitter.com/tp2GSFhj5D

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 12, 2026

In a statement following the call, Warren grew noticeably less friendly and reminded her followers that she had made remarks earlier Monday. “This morning," she wrote, "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.” That cozy feeling didn't last long, evidently. 

Donald Trump called me today.

It's long past time to deliver lower costs for working people. pic.twitter.com/DTpLureu2g

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) January 12, 2026

The White House merely said it was “a productive call.”

My guess is that they’ll be back to trashing each other by Tuesday.

What to make of this? Well, for one, I certainly don’t feel like it’s the start of "a beautiful friendship." What it does show, though, is that Trump is willing to phone just about anybody, and to her credit, Warren took the call. I also think it emphasizes how both parties are focused on affordability, although they have vastly different ways of getting there. Polls have shown that it’s a top concern of voters, and I can tell you it’s a top concern in my household after Joe’s 9.1 percent inflation rate. Who wins the rhetorical battle, and the battle to actually get results, may determine who takes the midterms and/or the White House in '28.

In the meantime, I need to get over my shock that Trump and Pocahontas didn’t start screaming at each other. I’m not so sure I would have had such restraint.

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