New Inflation Numbers Crush Democrats’ Narrative About Trump’s Tariff Strategy
Well, well, well, look who’s eating crow now.
Democrats and their media cheerleaders have been wailing for months that President Donald Trump’s tariff policies would ignite a wildfire of inflation, scorching American wallets.
Yet, here we are, with fresh inflation numbers that slap their fearmongering narrative right across the face. The latest Consumer Price Index data showed inflation cooling, not spiking, despite all the hand-wringing from the left. What a glorious day for truth!
Let’s set the stage. The left painted Trump’s tariffs as economic Armageddon. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer himself warned they’d jack up prices by as much as $1,200 a year for families. Oh, the drama! They clutched their pearls, predicting grocery bills soaring and gas pumps bleeding consumers dry. It was a horror story meant to terrify voters.
But reality? It’s got a funny way of humbling the hysterics.
According to ABC News — hardly a bastion of MAGA enthusiasm — inflation eased in April, with the CPI showing a year-over-year rate of just 2.3 percent compared to a year ago, down slightly. That’s right, folks, prices aren’t skyrocketing; they’re chilling out. And this comes even as Trump’s tariffs have been in play.
Even The Wall Street Journal, a more reluctant Trump critic, tried to downplay this win, mumbling about how prices still rose .2 percent and reporting that food and energy prices still rose according to expectations.
Nice try, but a win is a win. The numbers don’t lie, even if some outlets wish they would. Inflation is trending down, and Trump’s tariff strategy hasn’t unleashed the chaos Democrats swore was coming.