Trump failed to stop inflation. Now Republicans may pay the price in the midterm elections
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.
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Yes, I'm sure this time all the transphobic pedoloving christofascist racists straight outta 1865 will see the error in their ways and actually vote in the interests of non-billionaire grifters.
It’s expected a lot of them are going to not vote this election. The frustration in that camp is pretty high right now.
He didn't fail to stop it, he succeeded in worsening it.
Whoever wrote the headline is—intentionally or not—diverting the blame for the inflation from Trump.
He can't even use the "we tried nothing and we're out of ideas" because his actions torpedoed the economy. And that... NO ONE could have foreseen from the Great Businessman.
He and his cohorts profited and solidified the grift. HIS business is on the up.
The morale is to bully mainstream media. It get yoy favorable treatment.
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.
in order to 'fail', one must at least 'try'. there was not even an attempt to. just some smoke and mirrors such as whining to europe about their own fuel reserves.