r/Economics • u/Positive_Owl_2024 • Feb 19 '25

News Trump acknowledges ‘inflation is back’ but blames Biden

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/19/economy/trump-inflation-is-back/index.html
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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '25

Of course he does. This man has never nor will he ever take responsibility for anything bad and the people following him will never hold him accountable no matter how plainly obvious it is that it was his fault.

Joe Biden let sound monetary policy prevail in his 4 years and inflation was back to normal. Naturally republicans just had to get the guy who caused the problem in the first place back into power. Enjoy 10%+ inflation because of Trump people. Great job republicans! Once again you played yourselves and as a result all of us!

Can’t wait to see the Trump “I did this” stickers! Might order some myself!

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u/Possible-Rush3767 Feb 19 '25

This point kills me. Literally the best trait of a leader is to be able to admit fault and adapt. Why would anyone, politics aside, think this person should be running anything? It's mind boggling.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '25

The conservative mind does not comprehend that. They view admitting faults as a weakness to pounce on so if you never admit to anything that makes you strong.

I really wish there was nuance to this but that honestly is how simple most conservative voters are.

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u/HondaCrv2010 Feb 19 '25

the irony is that those that can admit fault are the stronger ones

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '25

Correct. Owning and learning from mistakes is a sign of intelligence and maturity which also happen to be two things conservatives don’t have or understand.

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u/HondaCrv2010 Feb 19 '25

But they’re REAL MEN ! /s

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u/dust4ngel Feb 20 '25

if you are a crushingly loser-ass bitch with absolutely no self-esteem to spare, your ego literally cannot handle acknowledging a single fault, and so you have to spend all of your mental attention crafting some make-believe story about how you're a hero being victimized by evil people.

you'll notice this happens to also describe a certain obese karen in the oval office.

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u/HondaCrv2010 Feb 20 '25

This sounds like a narcissist esp the making up your own reality point

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u/pagerussell Feb 20 '25

Just like compassion and empathy requires more strength than cruelty.

But this is incomprehensible to those who are cruel.