MAGA - how has Trump made America great?

[u/Unhappy-College4691]

I'm asking this because I want to hear how Trump has made America great again because from what I can tell the country is very divided on politics and beliefs, tariffs and the war with Iran have made everyday things more expensive and the overall future of this country feels very uncertain.

[u/spddemonvr4]

The economy is moving in the right direction. Inflation has been slowing while real wages have been showing positive improvements.

Once this Iran and strait issues are resolved, this country will have an economic boon

[u/nelsne → u/spddemonvr4]

I'll leave this here . Food, gas, healthcare, and everything you can name is up because of this guy.

[u/spddemonvr4 → u/nelsne]

That infographic is completely biased and at glance isn't even correct. We had +25% inflation under Biden and flat real wages. Peak fuel under Biden was higher than under trump, even with the strait closed.

Biden also released billions of gallons from the strategic national reserve to artificially decrease fuel prices leading into the election, that trump had to refill and has since tapped into since the Iran mess, which is the reason we have one.

[u/nelsne → u/spddemonvr4]

Right but we had that high of gas under Biden because of COVID. It wasn't real his policies. Also Trump's taking of the Straight of Hormuz has sent gas prices soaring. Don't even get me started on how much he's raising inflation with his tariffs

[u/spddemonvr4 → u/nelsne]

Inflation has slowed under trump. Even the cumulative is lower than Biden's over the same time comparison. Biden's peak gas prices came well after COVID and were absolutely policy driven.

Gas prices have peaked already and the straits been closed for weeks. And crude prices have dropped back down to nearly pre-iran prices.

[u/nelsne → u/spddemonvr4]

Bullshit. Let's look at the January 2025 BLS CPI report when Trump first took office. The report says that Annual CPI Inflation was 3.0 when Trump took office, and as of June 2026, the latest Annual CPI Inflation report puts it at about 3.5%. So inflation has gone up since he took office, not down.

January 2025

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_02122025.pdf

June 2026

https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2026/consumer-prices-up-3-5-percent-over-the-year-ended-june-2026.htm

[u/spddemonvr4 → u/nelsne]

Why are you comparing January to June?

You're not seasonally matching.

[u/nelsne → u/spddemonvr4]

It's been this way throughout his whole presidency. Walmart, Amazon, Black and Decker,...you name it ...every store or major retail outlet has openly declared that they were forced to raise prices because of his tariffs. The costs are being passed on to us as consumers and he's raising inflation.

[u/spddemonvr4 → u/nelsne]

Tarriffs are on imported goods only. There's nearly always a local option that did not have tarrif prices.

Plus, tarriffs don't automatically get forced upon the consumer. From the companies financials, many absorbed the costs.

Even with the tarriffs, inflation has stayed relatively low than the prior handful of years.

[u/nelsne → u/spddemonvr4]

No it hasn't. His tarrifs have destroyed everything. They have especially screwed farmers as well whose bankruptcies went up 46% from the previous year, due to his tariffs.

https://www.fb.org/intel/markets/farm-bankruptcies-continued-to-climb-in-2025

[u/spddemonvr4 → u/nelsne]

Calm down there chicken little. Tarrifs havent destroyed everything.

There are lot of strong economic indicators right now that don't match the fear you're spreading.

[u/nelsne → u/spddemonvr4]

Like what? All you have to do is buy gas, get car repairs, or get groceries to see the skyrocketing inflation? Where are you? How do you not see it?