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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Malaika Jabali

Trump can’t fulfil his promise to fix the economy, so he’s blaming workers instead

Mike Johnson in capitol building hallway.
‘With the Trump-backed budget bill the House passed on Wednesday, Republicans are one step closer to bulldozing America’s social safety net.’ Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA

During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump never missed an opportunity to harp on inflation, promising that “on day one” he would “end inflation” and lower the costs of groceries, cars and other common goods.

Well, it’s day 40, and inflation saw its largest increase in over a year. Blink and you might have missed that Trump and his fellow Republicans have largely abandoned their concerns about inflation to focus on government “waste”.

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