Donald Trump would prefer that voters not worry about inflation. But it’s hard for them to ignore.
Filling up a basic Ford F-150 truck now costs about $100, up $30 from a year ago. Mortgage rates have jumped to levels that have depressed home sales. And for the past 12 months, consumer prices have risen faster than paychecks, making the average family poorer.
One week before midterm elections that will serve as a referendum on his second term, Trump is struggling to deliver on his campaign promise to bring down costs, even as he insists the country has entered an economic “golden age.” The same frustration that powered his comeback two years ago could now cost Republicans control of Congress.
He didn’t fail to stop it, he succeeded in worsening it.
I mean, inflation was effectively down to a bit over 2% in the weaning months of the Biden admin, which means it had been (for all intents and purposes) stopped.
I think it’s fair to say that (thanks to tarriffs, deregulations, and wars) Trump created inflation.
Came here to say this. What should be made clear in the headline is that donnie fucked up an economy that was called the envy of the world.
Twice. He achieved that twice. He did it in the first term when he failed to address COVID properly, and then people put him back in office where he’s already done more damage in half the time. I’m almost certain that our place on the world stage is irreversibly gone. And people continue to cheer as he yanks more and more jenga blocks without even the courtesy of a test poke. They’ll continue cheering when the tower comes crashing down. They are too dumb to recognize how fucked they are.
Failed to stop?
Is the writer fuckin stupid?
He CAUSED most of the current US inflation that the previous admin had made progress on getting under control.
Can we at least be accurate with the fucking news.
We’re trying to find the guy who introduced tariffs and started a war with Iran.
Yup, and even if there is a MASSIVE blue wave, the orange pedo and all his propaganda outlets will spend the next 2 years blaming EVERYTHING on Dems…and 2028 will be 2024 all over agin
There will be a massive blue wave, but Republicans aren’t simply letting themselves be Constitutionally and democratically removed from power. They’re not leaving or losing, they know this is their last stand and will do anything to keep power. They’ve said they will cheat, not accept results, and essentially coup the government when they lose.
Yeah, I think this will be the outcome as well, though I don’t think the blue wave will be as big as many seem to believe.
