President Trump suggested that inflation would drop when the U.S. war against Iran ends, and said, "We've been taking out millions of barrels of oil."

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said, “I love the inflation” after being asked if he was concerned about new consumer price index data that showed the annual inflation rate at 4.2%, a three-year high.

  • TheFogan@programming.devEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Give it until tomorrow before someone on his team has to either translate what Trump meant, or explain that Trump was “just kidding”.

    Or… it’s like the Iran war… "Hey you know I didn’t realize how cool inflation is now… did you know my same old car now can hold $75 worth of gas, it used to only hold 30. Plus you know what, Wages are just lagging behind the inflation a little bit, just give it a few months, and the free market will increase our paychecks.