WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday showed how he had learned to stop worrying about inflation and simply, in his own words, “love” it.
Asked about the new report that the consumer price index in May had jumped 4.2% over the last year, the president took a surprisingly optimistic tack with the challenging news. Trump didn’t dismiss the affordability issue as a “hoax” that was started by Democrats, as he has done previously. Nor did he claim that he was bringing down the cost of living.
Instead, after the government said that inflation spiked to the highest level since April 2023, Trump praised the numbers.
What’s surprising is that anyone would be surprised that stupid shit came out of that moron’s mouth.
I don’t know that I agree. Donald is and has always been corrupt, but people have memories of the economy doing well during his first term before COVID hit, and that makes it more understandable that people voted for him as the candidate of change, at least economically. (Note that I am not saying I agree with these votes and am not a Donald supporter.)
That Donald is willing to say these things openly tells me that, cognitive tests notwithstanding, he is not fully in charge of his mental faculties anymore. I imagine the Epstein Class appreciates having a useful, easy-to-manipulate person like him in that particular office.
So, you’re surprised?
Me? No.
I knew it was just an electoral strategy, and a good one. After four years of Biden/Harris ignoring the exploding cost of living, they’d have been stupid not to make affordability one of the centerpieces of their platform; Thing is, anyone who’s been alive for more than a couple of decades knows that both ruling parties couldn’t care less about affordability.