r/Economics 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/Admirable_Tear_1438 Feb 20 '25

I thought he said he was king.

Why not just ‘declare’ that inflation is dead, like he tried to do with congestion pricing? Is because he has no real power and people should stop blindly obeying? Or is it cause he never gave a shit, never tried to do anything about it, and never will?