When you have enough money to never work again, everything related to the economy is just entertainment.
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Trump implied that inflation would drop when the U.S. war against Iran is over.
Inflation will end when the war that doesn't exist, but we already totally won, is over. Which is "soon".
Of course he does. Inflation hurts working people and benefits the wealthy:
Forbes: Inflation is an insidious "hidden tax," as it directly impacts the purchasing power of families in the United States. However, the burden is unevenly distributed across the different income and wealth strata. In fact, the upper middle class and the top 1% of Americans have actually benefited from high inflationary periods, increasing their wealth, while lower-wage families have been negatively impacted, according to a working paper by economist Edward Nathan Wolff for the National Bureau of Economic Research.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2024/04/08/how-inflation-benefits-the-wealthy-and-harms-the-working-class/ (Preview with paywall.)
It is amazing that magats still worship this guy.
Give it until tomorrow before someone on his team has to either translate what Trump meant, or explain that Trump was "just kidding".
Of course they say that inflation under Biden was the apocalypse or Biden was either in his bunker and Jill was pulling the strings. Now, there is one post on a certain sub as if this was just another day, yet a dozen separate posts about Carmello.
This guy is a joke. He was never in it for you. Somehow 30% of Americans believe he is the savior. Ask Lindsay Graham.
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.
I thought he ran on lowering prices. Who would even say this?!
Don't forget "NO NEW WARS!!!"
A life long liar who thinks the truth is whatever he says.
LOL a complete lunatic that is the leader of the country.
Who would even say this?!
A complete fraud who is conservative and has brainworms. And his cult will still looooove him for it.
His intended audience is Iran. He's terrified of being made to look weak or get a worse deal than Obama. And he's aware that time is on their side. Look at his comments about escalating the conflict: Iran is "taking too long to come to a deal". He's obsessed with getting a deal quick, but also not giving in.
He's in a loose/loose position and former presidents in this situation are responsible for the Vietnam war.
Did the whole world skip the day at school where they taught everyone how to spell "lose"?
How do so many people get this word wrong?
Not the entire world. I learned English as a foreign language and known the difference between lose and loose.
I think he was talking about his butthole.
He's dumb as shit so probably doesn't understand the question fully.
Let's hear how the MAGAt morons twist this around... Probably gonna say oh he meant toward the Democrats but not us, his loyal mushroom-fluffers.
The way he answered the question, translated to English from dipshit, sounded to me like he was trying to say he likes where the number is and thinks it’s healthy for the economy; ie, downplaying fears.
The actual response just comes off as completely out of touch though, which he is. It’s also something no sane politician would dream of saying under any circumstances.
I too am looking forward to the ensuing mental gymnastics by the sycophants and pundits to try and spin this one. Frankly I don’t think it matters - Israel isn’t letting him pull out of the war, and staying in it will absolutely wreck the economy. I predict that once that pain extends to the oligarchs in any meaningful way, Trump will perish under mysterious circumstances explained away by old age and bad health. Then Vance can begin his run in earnest by trying to pump the brakes on Israeli colonization and land theft. Good luck to him I guess, he’s gonna need it.
No shit he loves inflation. It got him elected didn't it? Now he doesn't have to pretend to care anymore because it does not affect his bribes or anything he actually cares about. Like the deficit, Gaza, military interventions, or war crimes, he has no need to care about anyone's opinion unless they have his ear and a big check for him.
Time to start printing stickers, with "I did that" and "I love the inflation" and putting them EVERYWHERE.
If MAGA could read, or understand irony and sarcasm, this would be effective.
If only the Democrats had some Trump quotes to use in the next election, but who am I kidding?
Honestly, that’s anodyne compared to things he said before his first election, after his first election, after losing his second election, before winning a second term, and after winning his second term. And yet…
Why does he always use the definite articles where nobody else would? Is it a symptom of the dementia? Or is he just stupid?
Sounds pretty much like what you'd expect to hear in the dementia wing of any nursing home.
And more "I did that!" stickers...