by Tara Suter
The Hill
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said amid fears of a trade war with Colombia on Sunday that President Trump is making inflation worse in the U.S.
“To ‘punish’ Colombia, Trump is about to make every American pay even more for coffee,” the New York Democrat said on the social platform X.
“Remember: *WE* pay the tariffs, not Colombia,” she added. “Trump is all about making inflation WORSE for working class Americans, not better. He’s lining the pockets of himself and the billionaire class.”
Prior to Ocasio-Cortez’s remarks, Trump said in a post on Truth Social that “two repatriation flights from the United States, with a large number of Illegal Criminals, were not allowed to land in Colombia.”