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Trump says 'I love the inflation' after CPI hits three-year high

financeJun 10, 2026593,622

President Donald Trump told reporters "I love the inflation" after the Labor Department reported the consumer price index rose to a three-year high. He said inflation would fall once the U.S. war against Iran ends and claimed "we've been taking out millions of barrels of oil," adding that U.S. forces seized Iranian oil shipments, including 22 ships taken "late at night with no lights." The comments frame higher consumer prices as an acceptable trade-off for aggressive foreign policy and raise questions about administration priorities as Americans face rising costs for gas, food, and health care.

Adam Kinzinger
@adamkinzinger.substack.com

Trump just said “I love the inflation.” The gasp among GOP operatives registered on the Richter scale

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yellowschwinn.bsky.social44

Except Speaker Johnson who will feign ignorance

BonFire33

That clip will be in EVERY Dem campaign ad lol. #moron

Laurie 💙26

I’m sick of having a fake president who seems to have narcolepsy 24/7. The GOP can choke on their gasps. They are to blame for all this.

4jim23

Maga will never hear that quote. It will not be played in the media they consume.

Betty💪19

Put it on a billboard

Stefan 🥼17

That’s how far we’ve come as a nation. We employ a president who is happy when Americans can’t afford shit.

Chez Rolez14

Sometimes the ads write themselves

Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion11

Anything that happens under Herr Shitler’s watch is the greatest anyone has ever seen, including inflation!

Angeleno Bob8

Says dude with six bankruptcies and a boatload of failed branded products.

angryralph.bsky.social7

Nah. They’ll just say “it’s locker room talk”

hollyknj.bsky.social7

I give it 24 hours until the GOP members of Congress start going on CNBC and Fox to explain why inflation is a good thing!

wickit411.bsky.social6

Trump loves it when he's making $billions more and the American people are suffering.

grammymae.bsky.social5

WOW...THIS isn't FOR him or ABOUT him but once again he rapes and pillages all that is ours.

oligarchssuck.bsky.social5

I was talking to a MAGAT. He said it is so unfair that Black people and gay people get a month to celebrate. Why do veterans only get one day? When I told him that our Veterans rightfully received two full months each year to be honored….. he walked away monitoring how great dozy Donnie is.

Drew Burns5

Inflation IS great for people who own stuff, especially those who borrowed money to own stuff (aka billionaires). It's only awful for those of us who consume stuff, and especially those of us who borrow money to consume stuff (aka everyone else)

DerMann515

Trump loves the Tariff extortions into his pocket. He doesn't give a shit about any of us, never has, never will.

Dirk Straun5

Wait until the federal reserve raises interest rates, then the clown isn't going to "love the inflation" quite so much.

"I DISSENT"5

LOL! This conman is the stupidity that just keeps on giving!!

Guy B5

The ads for Democrats for the midterms are writing themselves every time he opens his fucking mouth.

Elizabeth Gormley4

I dunno. It’s almost as though he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue…

foghornleghorn1357.bsky.social4

He's insane in the membrane.

Jessica Crabbit (she/her)4

Dems campaign ads are going to write themselves. Think of the money we'll save!

NYBob 💙4

Pretty much certain that guarantees the Democrats win the Primaries. And I’m OK with that He just can’t get any dumber. But wait…

Rod4

I wouldn’t get too excited. They will be screaming “fake news” by 2300 EST.

lalalalinda.bsky.social3

Hopefully it registers with some of his supporters.. who are actually hurt the most by it....🤷‍♀️

David M. Reiss, M.D.3

His "thoughts"/impulses rarely leave his genitalia, do they?

thejoesmith.bsky.social3

He says so many conflicting things it doesn’t matter.

Grumpy Old Man2

And all the GOP operatives have already started spinning it so fast the earth is now rotating backwards.... and his cult will never hear about it on fox....

David Reeves aka Photoline2

He means he loves the market swings he's creating with his perpetual lies about the state of the Iran War.

Lori 🇺🇦💩🐸👑2

The TV ads just write themselves. Right up there with - I don't care about Americans' financial situation.

SteveG2

If you are unable to fix runaway inflation because you are an idiot trapped in an idiotic war you idiotically started, then just declare that inflation is actually great! It will work on the 30% stupidest Americans. Aka MAGA.

Dave Urban2

To me, that is the proof that this is dementia and not just Trump being Trump. He gets worse every day. If this is just the same old Trump, who predicted that he would say "I love inflation" today? When has he said he loves inflation before?

🇺🇸🇨🇦🐾✌2

Not surprising! HE DOESN'T CARE😖

swampbabe81.bsky.social2

Affordability and corruption. That’s it, Democrats. DO NOT stray from this.

Bee Gutjahr2

They will also learn to love inflation.

Carrington Ward2

I’m guessing Iran is going to pounce on the fact that he called a Marine a thug.

📚 John McAndrew 🌏🇺🇦2

Why? Don't they know that, for his followers, 30+ % of the populace, he can say nothing indefensible? It's as if he's Scripture and they're fundamentalists.

acehannarules.bsky.social2

Another great Dem midterms ad!

radiobill2

No one will need to hire consultants to help them with their advertising this year

FM2

inflation is a good way for corporations to price gouge that is why the wealthy banks liked the housing crisis - so many foreclosures meant opportunities to purchase discount properties

Charles Scott2

Of course he said that: he has to normalize it so the MAGA faithful believe it's good for them and are reminded that he cares so deeply about them.

Democracy-Rising2

He's adding thoughts for a complete confession. He said last week that he doesn't care about the financial stress Americans are enduring, and now adding that he loves that he is dumping higher inflation on We The People.

O'BrienP 🇺🇸 💔 💙 ☘️2

During 2024 presidential campaign trump consistently criticized Biden administration for elevated inflation levels. trump stated these rising costs were due to excessive government spending & specific energy policies.

Demorcef2

When "I love the poorly-educated" ends up as "I love inflation".

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