(The gentleman in the first picture, by the way, is General Zia-ul-Haq, the Islamic military dictator who ruled Pakistan for over a decade. For some strange reason, we didn't consider his drive to get a nuclear weapon an "existential threat"...)
Posted on 06/10/2026 10:02:04 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
President Donald Trump told the media on Wednesday, “I love the inflation” report that came out earlier in the morning, showing inflation had risen above 4% for the first time in three years.
“Are you concerned, Mr. President, about the latest inflation number, which came out this morning? Could that be a–” a reporter asked Trump during an Oval Office Q&A.
Trump cut in and answered, “No, I love it. The numbers were great. 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. Do 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,” Trump continued, adding:
We took it, that’s why oil is $85 a barrel. I mean, you take a look. Remember when I did this, I said, look, the one bad thing will be, we hit the best economy we’ve ever hit. And I said to my people, I had Scott, I had Howard, I have Pete, I had all of them. I had Todd in the room. I said, the one thing we have to do now — we had just hit the highest stock market in history, highest 401ks in history, everything was going well — and I said, I hate to do this to you guys, but Iran’s going to have a nuclear weapon very soon. We have to attack."
That’s what Mediaite says he says. I’ll watch the whole thing when I get home from work.
“ the current inflation levels are the result of Biden”
Yes. Partially.
Everything went up in 2020 and 2021.
And has stayed up.
Better policy in 2021 would have made a difference .
That’s a HUGE issue to hold Biden accountable for
What he said and in context was clear and enough to boil my blood.
What is BS? That this is 5D chess?
Please make a call and offer him your speaking services.
Yeah, there is no such thing nor is Trump smart enough to play it even if it existed. That crap has gone cold.
Hooverville II. ✖️☢️
He could eff a porn star on the White House lawn in broad daylight and people would still defend him. It is a remarkable achievement.
“ Please make a call and offer him your speaking services.”
I will do that .
I need to mow my lawn tonight after work and I can call then.
Do you have his number?
Hah!
Believe it or not I do know his SBA guy!
“He’s saying that inflation is a good thing in this case because it means we’re taking out their ships.”
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Yep, another Trump non sequitur when he’s asked a straight forward question.
Hah, well there you go!
Yup, everything will be coming up roses when this war ends.
It was gonna take 42 days, 102 days ago.
It would be nice if he could close this out. And then he can turn his eyes to the 24 hours it’s going to take to end Ukraine.
They are going to take away his FIFA Peace Prize. //sarc
The Biden inflation was all about COVID. Half of which was approved under Trump.
Comparing ANY financial statistics against the COVID years is a fools game.
Am I suggesting Biden wasn’t a blithering fool? Nope. He was.
Was the inflation during his time all of his doing? Nope. Not even close.
I think those diehards think he’s the literal Savior. It’s cultish
Reagan took down the Soviet Union. The Iranians cowered in front of him.
Trump…not so much.
(The gentleman in the first picture, by the way, is General Zia-ul-Haq, the Islamic military dictator who ruled Pakistan for over a decade. For some strange reason, we didn't consider his drive to get a nuclear weapon an "existential threat"...)
Frankly Trump could give two shits about the common American families struggling and yet this stupid comment coming from the POTUS proves he is out of touch and only cares about the Stock Markets and investors ..He has become an embarrassment! I saw a funny thing at the gas pump yesterday someone stuck a sticker of Trump pointing to the price per 3.90 gallion saying “I did this” and this is the 3rd time I have seen one line it....Yep Trump did it all right!
I dont think he was saying he liked inflation. He was saying he liked the inflation numbers. He did not finish his sentence.
You did good PJ
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