{"id":672851,"date":"2026-05-16T06:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T06:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/672851\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T06:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T06:17:20","slug":"as-inflation-gets-worse-trump-has-nothing-to-offer-but-ignorance-and-incoherence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/672851\/","title":{"rendered":"As inflation gets worse, Trump has nothing to offer but ignorance and incoherence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Americans have confronted plenty of data over the past week on inflation, and all of it is deeply discouraging. Earlier this week, we learned the consumer price index reached its highest level<\/a> in almost three years, as the inflation rate climbed above wage growth. That came on the heels of nearly identical news<\/a> on the core personal consumption expenditures price index. Soon after, wholesale prices also posted their highest annual increase<\/a> in more than three years.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, this has led to multiple national polls<\/a> showing that more than three-quarters of Americans believe that Donald Trump\u2019s policies have made the cost of living worse, not better.<\/p>\n

The result is an obvious and multifaceted problem for a president who\u2019s directly responsible for having created the economic conditions that are fueling the affordability crisis he was elected to address.<\/p>\n

Part of the broader challenge relates to policy, since the White House doesn\u2019t have a plan to address the rising cost of living, other than to hope things get better after the war in Iran eventually ends. Another part is political, with Republicans likely to suffer a backlash at the hands of angry voters as the midterm elections draw near.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the rhetorical angle, punctuated by a president who apparently no longer knows what to say about the problem he made worse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, for example, Trump misstated basic details<\/a> about recent history on the inflation rate. That continued earlier this week, when the Republican insisted<\/a> the inflation rate was 1.7% \u201cjust before the war,\u201d which wasn\u2019t even close to being true<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSteve Benen is a producer for “The Rachel Maddow Show,” the editor of\u00a0MaddowBlog\u00a0and an MS NOW political contributor. He’s also the bestselling author of “Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans’ War on the Recent Past.”\t\t<\/p>\n

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