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Trump says, 'I love inflation,' amid fallout from latest inflation report 94%
6/11/2026, 12:45:11 PM
BS Summary: This video contains 29 faulty reasoning types, including Representativeness Heuristic, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 53.9% saturation with 171 hits. Analysis detected 1,228 faulty-reasoning hits from 317 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 90.4% and a BS Rank of 94% (1,310 of 21,886 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 94.00% of the video peer group.
Prices are going up at the fastest pace
in 3 years. The Iran war driving the inflation rate to 4.2%.
President Trump said this when asked if he's concerned about the number.
>> No, I love it. The numbers were great.
You know what I really love? I love the inflation.
>> Democrats pouncing. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer reposting Trump's comment writing, "Trump really said, I love the inflation on camera."
The president later trying to play clean up telling the New York Post he was referring to what inflation numbers will be after the war ends.
Adding he was happy this month's report didn't show even higher numbers.
The typical American household has now spent $510 extra in fuel expenses since the start of the war at the end of February.
Families paying $294 extra per month for the same goods and services compared to last year.
>> Prices going up in the grocery store, gas prices, you know, soaring.
>> Groceries are up 2.7% in 1 year. Coffee is surging 20%.
Ground beef up 13% while a carton of eggs is down 51%
>> Where do you see prices going up in your budget day-to-day?
>> Uh groceries for sure, gas.
>> Here in Indianapolis, we meet Hannah Cooper filling up her SUV. She tells us she and her husband are cutting back.
>> I have to think more about like if I'm
say if I want to save this much, I have to actively think about spending less
which didn't used to be the the case.
>> What's making it harder to absorb these extra costs is that Americans average wage increases are no longer keeping up with inflation. Paychecks on average are up 3.4% over the past year. That inflation rate is up 4.2% George.
>> Okay Elizabeth, thanks very much.
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