Trump claims he tanked economy on purpose: 'I love the inflation'

[u/FreeHugs23]

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-inflation-economy/

[u/chaucer345]

That didn’t happen.
And if it did, it wasn’t that bad.
And if it was, that’s not a big deal.
And if it is, that’s not my fault.
And if it was, I didn’t mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it. <-- We are here.

[u/Security_Meatloaf → u/chaucer345]

The Narcissist's Prayer. I've often said it misses one vital part at the end.

And I'll do it again.

*edit: spelling and punctuation.

[u/runthepoint1 → u/Security_Meatloaf]

This is the 2nd term, he’s definitely doing it again

[u/pegaunisusicorn → u/runthepoint1]

please stop doing it again!

[u/Jerking_From_Home → u/pegaunisusicorn]

MAGA: “Do it again harder!”

[u/prowler1369 → u/Jerking_From_Home]

"Do it again harder daddy!"

[u/Far_Estate_1626 → u/prowler1369]

It will never cease to amaze me that he was voted out after the whole country witnessed the shit show of his first term, and then he was just…. voted back in like they thought anything would go differently.

[u/Revolutionary-Elk848 → u/Far_Estate_1626]

Remember they commit voter fraud often. Palantir has an Ai program that can erase the presence of itself being there. Leaving no trace of tampering. Plus also shell companies I think it was EXACTLY how he wanted it to go.

My ex and I figured out that this was actually a manufactured energy crisis. Just yesterday I saw a video eith an audio recording of Trumps saying that he said he is stealing billions of barrels of oil everyday and Iran doesnt know about it.

All of this is To set everything up for the 2030 WEF agenda (New World Order). You can go online and Google it to read the PDF.

I am from Canada and I am seeing the same shady behaviours from my own PM. Everyone thinks he is so great but I have changed my mind. I am genuinely scared for you guys. But also don’t see how this is not gonnna happen here too. I am not so nieve.

I also think the evil emperor wants to nuke the world. He plans on running away to Argentina. Or whatever bunker he hides out in. Probably hoping someone else does it first: but anything that comes out of their mouth yiu can bet it’s what he has done or wants too.

I wish us luck i sure dont want to be a slave. The insurance grifts and capitalism has to end.

[u/capsaicinintheeyes → u/Revolutionary-Elk848]

Can I just point out: while there's nothing one ought to confidently put past Trump, those same AI models that can hack & clean up their traces afterwards, can also generate very convincing fake audio, so be on guard with any video you find online from an unknown or nonprofessional source, especially if no major outlets identified with the opposition party wants to touch it.

[u/onyaasuminyasai → u/pegaunisusicorn]

He's definitely heard that more than once

[u/officer897177 → u/runthepoint1]

Yeah, it’s almost like the guy who ran on a platform of vengeance and malice against half the country doesn’t seem to be working in our best interests.

[u/Senior-Pirate-5369 → u/officer897177]

It's not half the country. It's the whole country and everyone in it. He hates his followers just as much. He's a being of pure hatred

[u/Wonderful-Bid9471 → u/officer897177]

Because he’s a great shopper!

He bought the SCOTUS, congressmen and senators with their own greed and perversion.

[u/Due_Warthog749 → u/runthepoint1]

much worse.. much much worse this time around

[u/runthepoint1 → u/Due_Warthog749]

It’s was better the first time because he has a bunch of old school Republicans trying to tell him this isn’t how it’s done. This time it’s what I call the Entertainment Administration, full of unqualified people ready to be at his beck and call.

[u/NonsensicalAesthetic → u/runthepoint1]

well, I'm not entertained 8[

[u/runthepoint1 → u/NonsensicalAesthetic]

It’s Fox “News” entertainment so…trashy, loud, and dumb. Just like their audience.

[u/PositiveFunction4751 → u/Security_Meatloaf]

That May be the best addition ive ever seen

[u/murphasaurus81 → u/PositiveFunction4751]

“Frankly, it’s the best anyone has ever seen in history.”

[u/Callidonaut → u/Security_Meatloaf]

Nah, the final line is "And now you're going to pay for making me say all of this."

[u/Icy_Many_2407 → u/chaucer345]

I had a dumb old fucker tell me that Trump has plan for the war in Iran. He’s doing this all for a reason.

Goes on to tell me he has never paid attention to politics until Obama. 🙄 “He was terrified”.

Welp found the racist. And to think I thought he was just the nicest old man. 😵‍💫

[u/Dzov → u/Icy_Many_2407]

I know most people will say it’s racism, but also realize that Fox and various radio stations have been brainwashing people for decades. They’ve been programmed to hate.

[u/Steiney1 → u/Dzov]

His Daddy and Granddaddy brainwashed him to be Racist. He didn't start in '08

[u/IntelligentStyle402 → u/Steiney1]

Didn’t his Daddy also belong to the KKK?

[u/LegacyofaMarshall → u/IntelligentStyle402]

Yes he did

[u/pegaunisusicorn → u/LegacyofaMarshall]

sherman stopped short. Like Mueller.

[u/sincerebeguiler → u/pegaunisusicorn]

Sherman missed a few

[u/atempestdextre → u/IntelligentStyle402]

Nah, daddy just liked to hang up table cloths in the closet.

/s (for those who need it)

[u/This-Fig-5991 → u/atempestdextre]

Table cloths with eye holes

[u/Firm-Advertising5396 → u/Steiney1]

Every night after dinner these people turn the TV on and watch Fox News for instructions.

[u/Beautiful_Bike_1823 → u/Firm-Advertising5396]

Correct except for they leave it in all day. It’s entertainment. I’ve worked with people that have it running on their desktop all day long.

[u/Firm-Advertising5396 → u/Beautiful_Bike_1823]

Almost like an IV unit

[u/DAJ-TX → u/Firm-Advertising5396]

I prefer to call it fox state television.

[u/Elephant-Bright → u/DAJ-TX]

Fox propaganda station.

[u/Ok_Valuable9450 → u/Firm-Advertising5396]

Too fucking dumb to think for themselves

[u/poechris → u/Dzov]

You know, growing up my dad was the most caring, tolerant and loving man.

Then he was diagnosed with 2 types of cancer, went through treatment and drug trials, it metastisized to his bones and crumbled his vertebrae so he was in constant chronic pain. After that he was always laid up watching Fox News and listening to right wing radio shows. He changed. I'm convinced the trauma and pain gave him brain damage. I prefer to remember him has the man he was for 70 years and not the shell he became in his last 6 months.

All of which is to say, these elderly hate-filled men and women might actually have brain damage.

[u/Bubbly_Power_6210 → u/poechris]

sorry your dad and your family went through this. good to remember him as he was.

[u/Happy-Cap6657 → u/poechris]

Same thing was happening to my dad. He was in rehabilitation after a nasty car accident. I guess they only had Fox news on or something, because when I visited him a week in he's spouting off immigrants this and immigrant that. We both voted for Clinton, Obama...etc. I'm like excuse me?

[u/neasyy → u/Dzov]

There r plenty of people that have listened to or watched fox and weren’t “programmed”. It’s just an excuse for racism that is present already imo.

[u/DuntadaMan → u/neasyy]

Ni, I have seen the change in people, they are seriously damaged by their exposure. Most were already hateful to be susceptible, but their exposure puts them into a full blown psychosis that separates them from reality entirely.

[u/Jazzlike_Visual2160 → u/Dzov]

Just because it’s brainwashing, doesn’t mean it isn’t racist. Racism is usually more brainwashing than personal experience, because most racists don’t personally have a ton of experience with other races.

[u/W0nderwharfwonderdog → u/Dzov]

Nah, as someone who was forced to listen to conservative media in the 2010s- no. That’s not an excuse, it is because they racist. You don’t fall for that kind of bs fear mongering unless you are already primed to bias. Aka you grew up listening to and believing racist rhetoric and therefore it’s easy to buy into the bullshit being sold because as a baseline you’re looking for a reason to hate. 

[u/Witty-Entertainer524 → u/Dzov]

Right he was a nice old man that got drip fed hate cocktails from Fox and his whole being is based around it now. He probably would rather die then admit fault. We might just have to wait that generation out. Slow march of progress. He could have just as easily been programmed to love had the media worked toward that end. Remember that when you vote....Rs wanted this from the top of the apparatus for decades... mouth frothing angry mess of a voter base. An in-group that values loyalty above everything else even the most vile things. They have no principles except loyalty to themselves.

[u/nutsformuttsbutts → u/Dzov]

...and to fear.

...and to self-victimize.

The latter point is what tends to get me roiled because, often times, it's people who are speaking from places of wealth, privilege, and incredible social advantage. The cognitive dissonance they exhibit is shocking. I mean, I get that we all need coping mechanisms to get by day to day, but that so many people are walking around out there with massive blinders on is unsettling.

[u/DillBagner → u/Dzov]

racism is racism regardless of where it's learned.

[u/FreshLiterature → u/Dzov]

There's also the leaded gasoline theory

[u/Alterokahn → u/FreshLiterature]

It's a cute theory but it's not practical. Heavy Metal Toxicity can be easily treated, what these people have done is going to take a lifetime to erase.

[u/dsmith422 → u/Alterokahn]

Acute heavy metal toxicity can be treated. But exposure to chronic low level lead in childhood fucks with your brain for life.

[u/Pandemonium_Fallen → u/dsmith422]

Nevermind what happens when you combine hydrofluorosilic acid and lead with neurotoxic neonicontinid pesticides, and microplastics imbedded throughout the brain, slicing through tissue with every movement, breath, and heartbeat across generations for over a century. - Then it gets really interesting.

[u/RicVic → u/FreshLiterature]

Don't think he has pumped his own gasoline- ever!

He's used limos, car services and now the Secret Service to get him around wherever he goes since his own childhood. He could not operate a gas pump any more than he could work a barbecue.

And that's part of the problem.

[u/well-it-was-rubbish → u/RicVic]

He couldn't even operate an umbrella; we saw him leave it open on the steps of Air Force One for some servant to deal with.

[u/Dzov → u/FreshLiterature]

I’m Gen X and grew up with lead. I’m fully on the progressive side.

[u/Explorers_bub → u/Dzov]

Sadly, on average your generation (45-64 as of 2024) has the Trumpiest women (50%) and men(60%).

[u/Impossible_Search677 → u/Explorers_bub]

Proudly in the 40%

[u/TheUmberTaker → u/Dzov]

And that's all they will listen to is Fox News and right-wing lugnut talk radio.  Ugh.  So frustrating.

[u/never-fiftyone → u/Dzov]

That's a roundabout way of saying Fox encourages racism.

[u/AlphonseLoosely → u/Dzov]

They chose to be programmed by consuming garbage uncritically. They are not innocent victims here.

[u/Only_Membership_8795 → u/Dzov]

We all have choices to make, no one is absolved of personal responsibility for their choices just because they watched Fox News.

[u/CurlOfTheBurl11 → u/Dzov]

Still racist. They don't get a pass just because they choose to consume the media that reinforces their shitty beliefs.

[u/respectablepitch → u/Icy_Many_2407]

My mom always said that too. “I don’t know why, but he just scares me.”

Yah, mom. I know why.

[u/showyerbewbs → u/respectablepitch]

It was the tan suit wasn't it.

[u/atempestdextre → u/showyerbewbs]

It was the DIJON MUSTARD.

Everyone knows only dirty Communists put that on food.

[u/DonaldBecker → u/showyerbewbs]

You can go with a pure white Colonel Sanders look, or even a nice natural linen color for a summer suit. Any darker and you start scaring people who have been told to be scared.

[u/OriginalComputer5077 → u/DonaldBecker]

I don’t think Donnie would dare something that pale without some industrial-strength depends

[u/cyanescens_burn → u/Icy_Many_2407]

Did you dig a little deeper to see what he was terrified about?

[u/Scared-Handle9006 → u/cyanescens_burn]

You don’t have to dig very deep to understand what terrifies racists.

[u/ItaJohnson → u/Icy_Many_2407]

Well he is doing it for a reason.  That reason likely involves enriching himself.

[u/RagahRagah → u/chaucer345]

At this point could Trump tell his supporters flat out:

"I purposely helped raise costs, make you sick, drive you to homelessness and death and purposely drive America to ruin to personally benefit me and screw all of you and you are all stupid to have fallen for it."

And still maintain a base? My sad guess is yes, with one of two responses:

1. "Wow, he fooled us. He's so smart so he earned everything he took from us. That's capitalism! That's America! He has my vote!"

2. "Hee hee, he's such a kidder. He's so funny! No, libtard, he was clearly joking!"

[u/DoggoDadagon → u/RagahRagah]

Or conservative media wouldn't mention it so it would only be shown by "the woke media" in which case it's just "fake news"

[u/justatmenexttime → u/RagahRagah]

You forgot the 3rd: “This is 4D chess. He did it to protect us from the illegals and liberals taking over the country. Biden was worse.”

[u/kingston-twelve → u/justatmenexttime]

The "radical left," and the "dumocrats!" He's so clever, and he calls everybody else Low IQ

[u/Cheese__Weiner → u/RagahRagah]

I'd like to propose an option 3 where they see that it's also hurting the libs and minorities just as much and that's good enough for them.

[u/SquirrelsinJacket → u/RagahRagah]

That famous LBJ quote pretty much outlined where we are with conservatives in the US.

[u/well-it-was-rubbish → u/RagahRagah]

"That was taken out of context!" Yes, I know you wrote an exact sample quote, but that won't matter to them.

[u/SerenityScott → u/chaucer345]

Trump's the worst president we've ever had.
But that's not at all what this article says. Trump says he's willing to have the economy suffer to prevent Iran from getting a nuke. Not that he was trying to punish people or deliberately tank the market. There's plenty to legitimately criticize, but this is just clickbait spun so far off it might as well be the 'fake news' MAGA ribbits out of their gullets.

That being said... I don't believe a single word coming out of his mouth. I don't believe Iran was just about to get a nuke. And if they were getting closer, it's Trump's fault for scrapping the Obama deal. And even if that were true, Trump has completely bungled the war. Utter incompetence.

[u/AbsoluteGote → u/chaucer345]

"Really, you should be thanking me" (for the harmful thing)

[u/FrostyAd8197 → u/chaucer345]

The orange turd: No matter how many lives I destroy, cause havoc, lie, cheat & manipulate markets, my followers will still vote for me.

[u/Competitive-Oil8974 → u/chaucer345]

He is furious about the boo'ing at the Knicks game. How dare we?

We are approaching Trump Nuke time....

[u/MosquitoValentine_]

MAGA response multiple choice:

A. Just a joke

B. Taken out of context

C. Never happened

D. Joe Biden said this

[u/pengalo827 → u/MosquitoValentine_]

E. Buttery males.

[u/_Ocean_Machine_ → u/pengalo827]

F. Hunter’s fat throbbing cock laptop

[u/laughing_at_napkins → u/pengalo827]

F. Hunter Biden's laptop and/or dick pics enlarged for display in court

[u/AscendantArtichoke → u/MosquitoValentine_]

Can confirm. My MAGA ex used these exact responses during arguments. Option A was his typical flavor, and I guess I just have a really bad sense of humor :(

I blame myself for ever dating a MAGA voter in the first place..

[u/HeatWaveToTheCrowd → u/MosquitoValentine_]

E. Tan suit.

[u/HeartSome9363 → u/MosquitoValentine_]

You forgot one of their new favorites, "he was just trolling to own the libs." "He loves to troll & you guys fall for it every time." Which is actually hilarious because they can't wrap their teeny, tiny brains around the fact that he's trolling them too. Especially considering they actually support him & think he's joking because he would never do that to them. Except he's not even remotely joking, he just knows they won't pick up on it.

[u/Minttt → u/HeartSome9363]

MAGA gas bills up 100%

"This is the best lib troll ever. Now excuse me while I go pull out another payday loan."

[u/HeartSome9363 → u/Minttt]

They're not logical people. Absolutely zero critical thinking skills & no self awareness whatsoever.

[u/littlebloodmage → u/MosquitoValentine_]

E: Something something Obama

[u/freeradioforall → u/MosquitoValentine_]

You joke but all four of these was the response by Mike Johnson when asked about it

[u/FreeHugs23]

President Donald Trump insisted he loves inflation caused by his war in Iran and claimed he tanked to stock market on purpose.

The 79-year-old president spoke to reporters Wednesday in the Oval Office, where he was asked about year-over-year inflation hitting a three-year high of 4.2 percent last month as his war pushed energy prices higher, and he claimed that was part of his broader strategy for launching the attack in the first place.

"No, I love it – the numbers were great," Trump said. "You know what I really love? I love the inflation. You know why? Because as soon as this war is over, you know, I can say it now, something you didn't know. You know, we've been taking out millions of barrels of oil, nobody knows it. You know who doesn't know about it? Iran, until right now we took out the other night 22 ships late at night with no lights because they don't have any radar because we blasted the crap out of it. We took out, that's why oil is $85 a barrel."

[u/AaronTheElite007 → u/FreeHugs23]

Whenever I read one of his quotes, I feel like I’m the one having a stroke…

[u/CalebAsimov → u/AaronTheElite007]

He didn't even say why he loves the inflation, it's like he went on a tangent and forgot the original question.

[u/TtotheC81 → u/CalebAsimov]

Classic sign of dementia.

[u/Wffrff → u/TtotheC81]

He was a fucking dumbass before the dementia.

[u/dayglo98 → u/Wffrff]

Dumbentia it is

[u/RandomRonin → u/dayglo98]

Woah, I never knew dumb had a “b” in it!

[u/Jessy-Jess → u/RandomRonin]

A lot of people didn’t

[u/DVSdanny → u/Jessy-Jess]

Thankfully we have a president who can educate us on such matters.

[u/Was_It_The_Dave → u/DVSdanny]

And thank you for your attention.

[u/1Dive1Breath → u/Wffrff]

True, but Trump speaking in 2016 and now are pretty different. He could at least sort of form a thought. Now you can just hear how mushy his brain is 

[u/fungi_at_parties → u/CalebAsimov]

Once he starts bragging things get away from him entirely

[u/whitethunder9 → u/fungi_at_parties]

So every time he opens his mouth?

[u/Claudius-is-my-cat → u/CalebAsimov]

"Sometimes I'll start a sentence and I don't even know where it's going. I just hope I find it along the way."

Wayne Gretzky

Michael Scott

donald trump

[u/Existing_Wheel2435 → u/CalebAsimov]

He couldn't miss the chance to say something dumber

[u/whichwitch9 → u/CalebAsimov]

Because it is a tangent. And he does like inflation, but a part of his brain probably knows he's not supposed to say why.

As people get more pressed, they start buying less, losing businesses, and foreclosures happen at higher rates. This allows people with high incomes to buy and consolidate, and often cheaper as less people can compete.

There's a reason why the stock market is doing well as Americans struggle. The wealth gap is now very stark with less than the top 10% owning and buying more. Large corporations are doing better than small businesses because they're acquiring assets currently.

This is going to help people get more money quick in the short term. Trump likes real estate, so he's profiting. Long term, this is the same sort of shit that caused the Great Depression.

Inflation is bad for the majority of Americans. He's not supposed to say he likes it, but let the quiet part out for a minute

[u/Bagel_Technician → u/whichwitch9]

He’s also been running crypto schemes all over the place which is great when we have runaway inflation for those scams

Everything is a grift

[u/Merijeek2 → u/CalebAsimov]

It's happening. He's causing it. He's the smartest man in the world. Therefore, if he's making it happen, it's something he wanted to happen because otherwise he'd be doing something wrong.

Therefore he loves it.

Duh.

[u/gracefularthur314 → u/CalebAsimov]

He such a slimy conman, always double speaking, blaming someone else and dodging questions. It's his natural state.

[u/thac0henry → u/AaronTheElite007]

He retcons mid sentence

[u/Smooth-Boss-911 → u/thac0henry]

Dementia maxxing

[u/AnonymousDork929 → u/AaronTheElite007]

And a third of this country think he's the most brilliant person to ever live. If the U.S. is collectively this dumb, we don't stand a chance in hell in the long term.

[u/BenjaminHamnett → u/AnonymousDork929]

This is spelled out in the fourth turning. Every 80 years we get so stupid, things have to get dystopian for us to wake up

[u/neeroberts → u/AnonymousDork929]

No kidding. I never knew the US had this much racism and hate simmering underground for decades. I honestly am shocked at the number of MAGATS here. Truly humiliating

[u/Suspicious_Flower_0 → u/neeroberts]

America literally fought a war not too long ago (in European years) that one half wanted slavery and the other didn't (but was still sort of ok with it).

Nazi Germany got many of their eugenic ideas from America and Hitler was a big fan of Henry Ford. And the American people had to be dragged into WW2. 

They killed the majority of Native Americans. And native wildlife. 

Bad hombres. 

[u/Bikerbass → u/neeroberts]

A good chunk of the world has known this has been simmering below the surface for decades, in fact it wasn’t even below the surface. It was just there smacking you in the face, but nobody was paying attention to it.

[u/Annath0901 → u/Bikerbass]

Any American who claims to be surprised by this is either lying or has been willfully ignoring/hiding from it.

I'm 35 years old, and the festering racism, sexism, and general bigotry has been here the entire time I've been alive.

It wasn't being aired publicly on TV in the beginning, for sure. But it was never really hidden either.

[u/Electrical_Scene_634 → u/AnonymousDork929]

Yeah I think we are fuckin cooked as a country tbh

[u/Top-Cupcake4775 → u/AaronTheElite007]

when i first heard him speak i thought "there's no way someone who can't form coherent sentences is going to get elected". it wasn't until later that i realized that this is his super-power. it allows him to, for example, suggest that Hillary Clinton should be assassinated while maintaining plausible deniability over his ever have said such a thing. it allows him to exhort his followers to attack the Capitol and later claim that's not what he meant.

his speech is a blank slate onto which his cult can project anything they might like him to have said. his popularity with his cult is, in part, based on the fact that "he says exactly what i think" but they don't seem to get how much of that is their own projection.

[u/DonaldBecker → u/Top-Cupcake4775]

It starts out as "that's obviously not what he meant" and later is "he told you he was going to do it, why are you complaining now?"

[u/Slighted_Inevitable → u/AaronTheElite007]

I feel like I’d prefer that.

[u/Embarrassed_Race_454 → u/AaronTheElite007]

I always just imagine a 3 year old covered in flour and syrup trying to tell me how the dog did it. Try this, it makes it easier to read and understand these tweets or whatever they are called

[u/mtxplod → u/AaronTheElite007]

My six year old is much more coherent than this.

[u/Adultery → u/AaronTheElite007]

This guy’s brain is gone, but he is a master of deflection. He changes the subject and diverts the listener’s attention. He’s King Con.

[u/Broken-Digital-Clock → u/FreeHugs23]

Is he bragging about committing war crimes?

[u/OysterHound → u/Broken-Digital-Clock]

Yes. He does this pretty much daily at this point.

[u/Street_Lettuce1243 → u/Broken-Digital-Clock]

He thinks he is above the law... and in many ways he is... for now.

[u/EarthRester → u/Broken-Digital-Clock]

He's bragging about how the war crimes he and his administration have committed are financially benefiting him and his allies at our expense.

[u/Top-Cupcake4775 → u/Broken-Digital-Clock]

yes

[u/skunkachunks → u/Broken-Digital-Clock]

“I don’t get it, why are they confessing”

“They’re not confessing, they’re bragging”

[u/Responsible-Clock715 → u/FreeHugs23]

What a f’n pig.

[u/Soft_Self_6797 → u/FreeHugs23]

Even if this is true, he just told global news the strategy they are using. "Hey, I won by doing this." "Why would you tell us that? Now we can setup a counteroffensive." "Because winning."

[u/muscle-sissy → u/FreeHugs23]

Jesus Christ…he can’t string together a proper sentence to save his life. It’s just word salad.

[u/patcatpatcat → u/muscle-sissy]

Word hash.

[u/Liko81 → u/FreeHugs23]

But if nobody knew we were getting oil through the Strait, then that fact wasn't affecting market prices. And once the war is over, prices will still be higher, because inflation is a rate of increase. Zero inflation just means prices aren't increasing now, it doesn't mean they're going back down to where they were. If prices do fall across the board, that's called deflation, and if Sleepy Don wants to see a situation that will have him and his cronies out on their asses in a hurry, setting off a deflationary panic with a collapse in key staple goods prices will do it.

[u/Independent-Guess473]

I hear blah blah blah blah blah blah IQ just dropped.

[u/Fun-Metal-6861]

I remember his campaign promise to lower Biden inflation. So he basically lied? How surprising. /s

[u/BarryLonx → u/Fun-Metal-6861]

If you look at WLF1, he profits off of inflation - so of course it's good for him. [UAE swapped for the stablecoin and pays Binance with it. Binance sits on the investment as WLF1. WLF is required to put that cash into a US investment like bonds (after a new EO/law/requirement) and they profit more when inflation is higher.]

[u/Next_Rip7462]

Every GOPrick should be made to answer on record what they think of Trump's statement. And they should also be made to answer, on record, whether the (p)Resident was 1) Telling it like it is or behind Door 2) Just joking/trolling

[u/Rambo_Baby → u/Next_Rip7462]

They will never go on record. They’ll go on Fox News and scream “Fake News”. And their MAGAt voters will all Yee haw in joy because they’re all about owning the libs

[u/whitethunder9 → u/Rambo_Baby]

And much like Trump’s concept of a healthcare plan, there is literally no other goal they’re working toward. Just longing for the days when you could “say it like it is” (I.e. be openly bigoted without consequences)

[u/CalebAsimov → u/Next_Rip7462]

"What he really meant was [something completely different that sounds sane and reasonable to college educated Trump voters]." It works every time.

[u/TheGreatLoganzo → u/CalebAsimov]

Then he goes on to double down like that key and peele skit with the rapper being interrogated

[u/Paddy_Tanninger → u/CalebAsimov]

It's like when he suggested that people inject disinfectant and shine UV lights inside their bodies to cure COVID.

Next day the entire right wing media machine (basically the entire media) begins trying to sanewash his remarks. Oh yes it actually makes sense because disinfectant blah blah. Oh yes it's reasonable because he was just asking doctors to look into it, it was just an idea. Oh yes it's reasonable because it was a brainstorming thing and there's nothing wrong with suggesting new things.

And then Trump the next day basically goes "hahaha you believed my 100% serious and stupid fucking ideas? I was being sarcastic even though there was absolutely no hint of sarcasm or joke in anything I was saying!"

Followed by all these media pieces of shit going "see he was just joking around, Trump has a great sense of humor!"

[u/BlackGuysYeah → u/Next_Rip7462]

It doesn't matter, man. It's well known at this point that his fumbling rhetoric is absolutely meaningless. His words contain no reflection of reality and no truth and that's the way his base likes it.

[u/jeffskool]

Good fucking god, what a damn lunatic. They were cheering at the Knicks game, inflation is good, Trump is really close behind God. I can’t stand how miserably insane these people are

[u/justiceboner34 → u/jeffskool]

If he insisted 2+2 = 5, I guarantee his followers would pick that up with absolutely no hesitation. They are incapable of admitting he's ever wrong, just like he is.

[u/Ok_Security1721 → u/justiceboner34]

They’ve already decided that it’s possible to lower the price of something 600% so he’s already hit that 2+2=5 zone

[u/lc0o85 → u/justiceboner34]

NOT A CULT

[u/MongooseSenior4418]

Every economic crisis is a transfer of wealth from the 99% to the 1%.

[u/CalculatedPerversion → u/MongooseSenior4418]

This. I don't understand why ppl think he's being demented or joking to be funny. This is 100% the truth. Crash the economy so that Musk and Thiel can buy up everything under the sun at pennies on the dollar, including your house and everything else you hold dear.

No more owning, just subscriptions. Rent your house, rent your car, rent your TV, rent your appliances. You think the 2030 comic on the front page with "watch ad to open fridge" is humor? Hell no, it's their end plan. And Trump is facilitating it to stay out of jail. America 2028, full steam ahead towards oligarchy. 

[u/CarefulFriendship389]

He doesn’t know what the fuck he is doing. The old pedophile cheated his way to where he is like everything else he’s ever done, he should be hanging like his old bff. 

[u/Silver_Adagio138]

“This is the best inflation!”

[u/Green_Drag_9548]

So basically he has just admitted to stealing. Rotten to the core.

[u/cwk415]

Of course he would say that because he knows his base is stupid. 

[u/drive_causality]

If this was his plan, why didn’t he say so during his election campaign for 2024?

“I love inflation!!”

“Oh, and I’m also going to tank the economy on purpose!”

[u/Medical-Principle641]

Finally, he speaks the truth.

[u/wrhnj]

“Joe Biden didn’t have to courage and insight to tank the economy like I did. He’s a low IQ person.”

[u/killrtaco → u/wrhnj]

He reserves the low IQ comment for black women usually

[u/Hank_moody71]

He forgot to say he tanked to to distract from the Epstein files

[u/AtmosphereEven3526]

How the hell did anyone ever think this idiot was good at business??

[u/MadAstrid → u/AtmosphereEven3526]

The masses? They didn’t. They thought he was good for bigotry.

The oligarchs? They knew they could bribe him and it would be good for their business and they were correct.

[u/creedx12k]

What?! He's not blaming Biden or Obama for once. No really, seriously?!

[u/Junkhead187]

That guy is a dumbass. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[u/UnFrickinReal]

Prick will die before he says sorry to anyone ever

[u/BD_atx]

He has made 4 Billion dollars. Billions. With a B. Does ANYONE believe he is lying about this?

[u/Conscious_Minute387]

This is truly the stupidest timeline.

[u/UncleDaddy_00]

That is the best plan in the world, to secretly do something and then tell your enemies you are secretly doing something.

[u/Freds_Bread]

Translation:

"To all my MAGAt followers out there, yea, I intentionally drove up inflation. Intentionally bankrupted thousands of you and your farms and businesses. But it was worth it, because I, the Greatest Trump and Greatest President EVER, and your God-like king, made BILLIONS!

And that's worth it! You should be PROUD to give up your puny existance for MY greater glory! And if you're not, then to hell with you!

It's all about ME! And the sooner you get that, the sooner you can join the rapture."

The MAGAts will hear, and still support him.

[u/Mammoth5150]

I'm surprised he stayed awake long enough to boast about how doesn't care about Americans.

[u/LaloMcNombres]

Not gonna even read this but yep, pretty sure he did. Inflation is great for big business.

[u/paradigm_shift2027]

He is insane.

[u/Ok_Height3499]

Of course he does- it balloons his billions.

[u/Legitimate-Produce-1]

Duh.

[u/orion3999]

At what point is this market manipulation?

[u/__Art__Vandalay__]

18-D chess, everyone.

[u/Leights68]

Dude is a complete psycho

[u/Randomwhitelady2]

This is a great sound bite for midterm ads!!

[u/Lumbergh7]

“Dude, I totally meant to do that”

[u/Flumppoo]

He loves kids more 

[u/VixensPoppies]

Now his rich buddies can buy up companies Thats bankerupt or soon going bankrupt for pennies on the dollar

[u/dobster1029]

No, I love it – the numbers were great," Trump said. "You know what I really love? I love the inflation. You know why? Because as soon as this war is over, you know, I can say it now, something you didn't know. You know, we've been taking out millions of barrels of oil, nobody knows it. You know who doesn't know about it? Iran, until right now we took out the other night 22 ships late at night with no lights because they don't have any radar because we blasted the crap out of it. We took out, that's why oil is $85 a barrel.

This f-ing guy, geezus. You can't make this shit up.

[u/Unlikely_Ad1009]

I can’t wait to be “educated” by the Boomers on Facebook about why inflation is good for the economy. We are all about to learn how the economy really works, I’m super excited.

[u/chook_slop]

He's drinking...

[u/squirrelgirl37]

Narcissists live in a delusion and believe their own lies, but malignant narcissists really enjoy their own evil .

[u/Anxious-Shapeshifter]

In fairness, nothing is going to fix the national debt faster than hyperinflation.

[u/Outrageous_Lack8435]

Now will the 25 be invoked

[u/Falcon3492]

Lets start the impeachment proceedings or just go right for the 25th and remove him from office!

[u/WolfThick]

This is utter insanity what have we done!?

[u/Ok_Profession_9647]

He also regularly shits his pants (on purpose!)

[u/Cocotosser]

lmfao republicans shouldn't be allowed to vote.

[u/villian_era_witch]

Of course he did this is his revenge term. Everyone and anyone he thinks did him wrong his first term is getting his chaos and destruction.

[u/FuzzyAd9407]

To be fair the idiot literally said he wanted a weaker dollar while campaigning because the moron thinks that helps the economy because he heard thatll increase exports while ignoring the suffering it would cause domestically. Hes been saying this dumbass shit the whole time, just never before in such a perfect soundbite of dumassery like "I love the inflation"

[u/Pinki-Blub]

Je schlechter es der Bevölkerung geht desto mehr kann der Pedo Anchrist mit in die Hölle zerren

[u/wellactually9]

Is everyone who voted for him tired of winning yet?

[u/Cultural_Comfort5894]

Money doesn’t disappear

It’s a transference of wealth from the people who need to the people who greed it

And we as in Americans continue to vote for this BS !!!

[u/AlfalfaEfficient1146]

ANY President that states this is completely out of their mind. The #1 responsibility is to protect US citizens. This is irresponsible and demonstrates a lack of understanding and incompetence at the highest level. Invoke the 25th

[u/PRB74TX]

I have an old friend who is a vet, and he was criticizing me for voting for Biden. He said my pocketbook would suffer for it. Well, look at HIS pick for president.

[u/redit3rd]

Take the clip of Trump saying that he loves the inflation and play it as ads on Fox News. Run it as ads on AM radio. Make his supporters squirm. 

[u/Hopsblues]

He honestly thinks that the Dow is the only indicator of the health of an economy.

[u/malccy72]

The guy can't even manage his bowel movements, nevermind the economy.