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Trump Vowed to End Inflation ‘On Day One’ of His Presidency. Now He’s Blaming it On Biden.

February 17, 2025

After a Bureau of Labor Statistics report noted that inflation was up, Trump quickly pointed to former President Joe Biden.

by Clarissa-Jan Lim
MSNBC

During the 2024 presidential election campaign, Donald Trump made sweeping economic proposals to address an issue that ranked at the top of voters’ concerns. “Starting on Day 1, we will end inflation and make America affordable again,” he said at a campaign event in August.

Trump’s flurry of promises to improve the economy is primarily considered to have boosted him in the election. But now that he’s president, Trump has changed his tune on the immediacy of the effect his economic plans will have.

For one thing, as CNBC reported, inflation is still high:

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