The evidence, both anecdotal and quantitative, is piling up: Inflation is back with a vengeance.
Two back-to-back reports this week showed painful price increases across the economy, and they’re not going away soon. Consumers are flagging, pummeled by years of high prices and the sense that no one in power really cares.
“I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation,” President Donald Trump told reporters when asked whether the strain on Americans was a consideration in his negotiations with Iran.
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Much like his predecessor, Joe Biden, Trump has an inflation problem. The difference is that the price surges happening on Trump’s watch are indisputably, directly linked to his policy decisions: namely, tariffs and the Iran war. Not even Biden’s harshest critics can argue in good faith that he somehow caused a global pandemic before taking office or that his policies prompted Russia to invade Ukraine.
Of course, there are plenty of fair critiques of Biden’s handling of the aftermath of those two inflationary events. His administration injected nearly $2 trillion into the Covid economy, which propped up consumer demand and likely made inflation worse. Its signature Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was arguably too little, too late to have a meaningful impact on voters, who, obviously, didn’t give him a second chance.
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Like Biden, Trump has an inflation problem. Unlike Biden, Trump’s is self-inflicted
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lol I stopped reading right there. Biden’s inflation was almost entirely self inflicted. This has been laid out before by several of us, including GFUNI88 wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2026 9:46 am Like Biden, Trump has an inflation problem. Unlike Biden, Trump’s is self-inflicted
Trump has some fault- 900 trillion big Covid Bill #2 when Trump was on his way out the door.
As far as Biden:
-1.9 trillion big Covid Bill #3 shortly after Biden entered office.
This increased the extended, enhanced unemployment not to work for up to 1.5 years, causing labor shortages and a spike in labor costs.
An eviction moratorium for up to 1.5 years.
Most households got 3 rounds of stimulus $$$ ($3,200 per adult and 2,500 per child, ($11,400 for a family of 4) that spiked inflation even further). There was already large #s of Covid shots being given out by late Jan 2021, and the worst of the pandemic was behind us.
-1.2 trillion so called infrastructure bill
-.75 trillion New Green deal.
-Several hundred billion for Ukraine
+Other shit I am forgetting. About 5 trillion in extra $$$ from the magic $$$ trees in DC under Biden alone.
It was pouring gasoline on a fire. Speaking of gas, the Biden admin war on big oil didn‘t help- remember gas under Biden hit $5+.
The Biden admins fiscal policies contributed bigly to high inflation, and were mostly self inflicted. For the article’s headline to say otherwise is complete garbage.
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Inflation under biden had many contributing factors. russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine being a key one. trump's COVID bill being another. biden then poured gasoline on the fire with his bills.BDKJMU wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2026 3:00 pmlol I stopped reading right there. Biden’s inflation was almost entirely self inflicted. This has been laid out before by several of us, including GFUNI88 wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2026 9:46 am Like Biden, Trump has an inflation problem. Unlike Biden, Trump’s is self-inflicted
Trump has some fault- 900 trillion big Covid Bill #2 when Trump was on his way out the door.
As far as Biden:
-1.9 trillion big Covid Bill #3 shortly after Biden entered office.
This increased the extended, enhanced unemployment not to work for up to 1.5 years, causing labor shortages and a spike in labor costs.
An eviction moratorium for up to 1.5 years.
Most households got 3 rounds of stimulus $$$ ($3,200 per adult and 2,500 per child, ($11,400 for a family of 4) that spiked inflation even further). There was already large #s of Covid shots being given out by late Jan 2021, and the worst of the pandemic was behind us.
-1.2 trillion so called infrastructure bill
-.75 trillion New Green deal.
-Several hundred billion for Ukraine
+Other shit I am forgetting. About 5 trillion in extra $$$ from the magic $$$ trees in DC under Biden alone.
It was pouring gasoline on a fire. Speaking of gas, the Biden admin war on big oil didn‘t help- remember gas under Biden hit $5+.
The Biden admins fiscal policies contributed bigly to high inflation, and were mostly self inflicted. For the article’s headline to say otherwise is complete garbage.
That doesn't change the reality that trump's war with Iran and the economic impact is entirely his fault.
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The headline said Biden‘s wasn‘t self inflicted, period, as in zero was self inflicted, when clearly at least a large chunk was (you could argue most was).UNI88 wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2026 3:23 pmInflation under biden had many contributing factors. russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine being a key one. trump's COVID bill being another. biden then poured gasoline on the fire with his bills.BDKJMU wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2026 3:00 pm
lol I stopped reading right there. Biden’s inflation was almost entirely self inflicted. This has been laid out before by several of us, including GF
Trump has some fault- 900 trillion big Covid Bill #2 when Trump was on his way out the door.
As far as Biden:
-1.9 trillion big Covid Bill #3 shortly after Biden entered office.
This increased the extended, enhanced unemployment not to work for up to 1.5 years, causing labor shortages and a spike in labor costs.
An eviction moratorium for up to 1.5 years.
Most households got 3 rounds of stimulus $$$ ($3,200 per adult and 2,500 per child, ($11,400 for a family of 4) that spiked inflation even further). There was already large #s of Covid shots being given out by late Jan 2021, and the worst of the pandemic was behind us.
-1.2 trillion so called infrastructure bill
-.75 trillion New Green deal.
-Several hundred billion for Ukraine
+Other shit I am forgetting. About 5 trillion in extra $$$ from the magic $$$ trees in DC under Biden alone.
It was pouring gasoline on a fire. Speaking of gas, the Biden admin war on big oil didn‘t help- remember gas under Biden hit $5+.
The Biden admins fiscal policies contributed bigly to high inflation, and were mostly self inflicted. For the article’s headline to say otherwise is complete garbage.
That doesn't change the reality that trump's war with Iran and the economic impact is entirely his fault.
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The headline - "Like Biden, Trump has an inflation problem. Unlike Biden, Trump’s is self-inflicted" is accurate. trump's is 100% self-inflicted. biden's wasn't.BDKJMU wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2026 3:37 pmThe headline said Biden‘s wasn‘t self inflicted, period, as in zero was self inflicted, when clearly at least a large chunk was (you could argue most was).UNI88 wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2026 3:23 pm
Inflation under biden had many contributing factors. russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine being a key one. trump's COVID bill being another. biden then poured gasoline on the fire with his bills.
That doesn't change the reality that trump's war with Iran and the economic impact is entirely his fault.
BDKnitpicking again in an attempt to distract from the real issue which is that trump's war with Iran and the economic impact is entirely his fault.
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In your opinion. If Barry hadn‘t been so weak & feckless towards Iran & their nuke program, in part by literally sending pallet loads of cash to Iran, maybe wouldn’t be in the situation we are now.UNI88 wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2026 3:44 pmThe headline - "Like Biden, Trump has an inflation problem. Unlike Biden, Trump’s is self-inflicted" is accurate. trump's is 100% self-inflicted. biden's wasn't.
BDKnitpicking again in an attempt to distract from the real issue which is that trump's war with Iran and the economic impact is entirely his fault.
If Dementia Joe hadn‘t been so weak & feckless towards Iran, maybe wouldn‘t be in the situation we are in now.
Just as you can argue that Biden‘s inflation was majority self inflicted (pick your %) you can argue that Trump‘s isn‘t 100% self inflicted (pick your %).
It reached 9.1% under Biden. April was 3.8%.
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Just like just about every point you make is your or some MAQA yahoo's opinion.BDKJMU wrote: ↑Fri May 15, 2026 1:19 pmIn your opinion. If Barry hadn‘t been so weak & feckless towards Iran & their nuke program, in part by literally sending pallet loads of cash to Iran, maybe wouldn’t be in the situation we are now.UNI88 wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2026 3:44 pm The headline - "Like Biden, Trump has an inflation problem. Unlike Biden, Trump’s is self-inflicted" is accurate. trump's is 100% self-inflicted. biden's wasn't.
BDKnitpicking again in an attempt to distract from the real issue which is that trump's war with Iran and the economic impact is entirely his fault.
If Dementia Joe hadn‘t been so weak & feckless towards Iran, maybe wouldn‘t be in the situation we are in now.
Just as you can argue that Biden‘s inflation was majority self inflicted (pick your %) you can argue that Trump‘s isn‘t 100% self inflicted (pick your %).
It reached 9.1% under Biden. April was 3.8%.
Factors that contributed to inflation under biden:
- recovering from the uncertainty and impact of the COVID pandemic
- trump's 2nd COVID relief bill (December, 2020)
- biden's American Rescue Plan
- biden's other signed legislation such as the oxymoronically named Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
- russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine
Factors contributing to current inflation under trump:
- trump's war with Iran
If donald "the PEDO" trump hadn't been so weak & feckless towards Iran during his first term, maybe we wouldn't be in the situation we are in now.
So far this war has accomplished little to nothing more than Obama or biden accomplished with Iran. We'll see if trump can pull a rabbit our of his hat but it doesn't look promising (unless you're getting your information from MAQA yahoo echo chambers and avoiding reality).
US producer prices surprise with largest increase in four years
Rising inflation, stoked by the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, is exerting financial pressure on households. Trump, on his way to China on Tuesday, said "I don't think about Americans' financial situation" in making decisions as he seeks to negotiate an end to the war, adding that preventing Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon is his top priority. Trump downplayed Beijing's potential role in ending the conflict.
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.....weak and feckless...BDKJMU wrote: ↑Fri May 15, 2026 1:19 pmIn your opinion. If Barry hadn‘t been so weak & feckless towards Iran & their nuke program, in part by literally sending pallet loads of cash to Iran, maybe wouldn’t be in the situation we are now.UNI88 wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2026 3:44 pm
The headline - "Like Biden, Trump has an inflation problem. Unlike Biden, Trump’s is self-inflicted" is accurate. trump's is 100% self-inflicted. biden's wasn't.
BDKnitpicking again in an attempt to distract from the real issue which is that trump's war with Iran and the economic impact is entirely his fault.
If Dementia Joe hadn‘t been so weak & feckless towards Iran, maybe wouldn‘t be in the situation we are in now.
Just as you can argue that Biden‘s inflation was majority self inflicted (pick your %) you can argue that Trump‘s isn‘t 100% self inflicted (pick your %).
It reached 9.1% under Biden. April was 3.8%.
....speaking of weak and feckless....The Presdient of the United States was summoned to Beijing on short notice, told in no uncertain terms that the American Century is over, admonished sternly about will happen if he interferes with China retaking Taiwan, and sent home with nothing.......thought I'd seen everything in my seven plus decades of life but I've never seen a time when the US wasn't top dog until this historic week. I bet he didn't even get to fuck any children while he was there.
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