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Every post where Trump mentioned “Inflation”.

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Inflation at a glance

inflation as permanent political weapon attributed to enemies or self

Read top to bottom: each phase shows the position at that point in time, and each turning point explains the shift from the previous phase to the next one.

Posts analyzed557
Phases7
Turning points9
Coverage2011–2026

Trump's engagement with inflation across 2011–2026 follows a structurally consistent but tonally inverted arc. From 2011 to 2013 he is a hawk warning of imminent catastrophic inflation from Fed recklessness — inflation that never arrived. From 2018 to 2020, as president, he celebrates the absence of inflation as proof of his own economic genius and uses it as a weapon against the Fed, demanding rate cuts. The 2022–2024 period is the political peak: Biden-era inflation becomes the central economic attack, rebranded as the 'Biden Inflation Tax', the defining issue of the 2024 campaign, and proof of Democratic policy failure. After re-taking office in 2025, Trump immediately claims victory over inflation — attributing the decline to tariffs rather than monetary policy — while simultaneously attacking Fed Chair Powell ('Too Late Jerome') for refusing to cut rates. By 2026 'virtually no inflation' is a mantra of self-congratulation, deployed alongside tariff vindication and 401(k) comparisons. Throughout, Trump's framing of inflation is always someone else's fault when it exists and always his personal achievement when it falls.

Phase 012011-2013
inflation hawk warning of imminent fed catastrophe

The Federal Reserve's quantitative easing and low interest rate policies are characterized as reckless and inevitably inflationary. Trump warns of 'record inflation' in multiple posts, links Fed policy to dollar devaluation, and connects inflation to Obama's economic mismanagement. The frame is one of a knowledgeable outsider who sees what the establishment refuses to acknowledge.

13 posts across three years with a remarkably consistent message: the Fed is 'recklessly flooding the market with dollars', the dollar is being destroyed, and record inflation is coming. The predicted inflation never materialized at the levels warned. Obama's spending and ObamaCare are cited as accelerators. Gold prices rising are interpreted as an inflation signal. In 2012 Trump specifically connects QE3 to food and fuel price inflation hitting low-income families. The frame is monetarist-populist: the Fed is creating a hidden tax on working Americans. Notably, these warnings prove empirically inaccurate — the 2010s were a period of historically low inflation — but the rhetorical template (Fed recklessness → coming inflation catastrophe) is established here and recycled later.

Turning point
Sep 29, 2011

The first post establishes Trump as a Fed hawk warning of imminent record inflation from quantitative easing. This sets the rhetorical template — Fed recklessness causes inflation — that will be recycled throughout the dataset in different political directions.

Phase 022018-2020
no inflation as presidential achievement vs fed incompetence
Before2011-2013

13 posts across three years with a remarkably consistent message: the Fed is 'recklessly flooding the market with dollars', the dollar is being destroyed, and record inflation is coming. The predicted inflation never materialized at the levels warned. Obama's spending and ObamaCare are cited as accelerators. Gold prices rising are interpreted as an inflation signal. In 2012 Trump specifically connects QE3 to food and fuel price inflation hitting low-income families. The frame is monetarist-populist: the Fed is creating a hidden tax on working Americans. Notably, these warnings prove empirically inaccurate — the 2010s were a period of historically low inflation — but the rhetorical template (Fed recklessness → coming inflation catastrophe) is established here and recycled later.

After2018-2020

40 posts across three years. The core argument is a direct reversal of 2011–2013: now that Trump is president, low inflation is the proof of good governance, and the Fed is wrong to raise rates because 'there is no inflation'. The Fed attacks are frequent and specific — quantitative tightening, rate hike timing, comparison to European and Asian central banks cutting rates. The 2019 posts hammer the message repeatedly: 'No Inflation!', 'virtually no inflation', 'almost no inflation'. In 2018, low inflation is celebrated alongside strong corporate earnings and dollar strength. The 2020 posts maintain the low-inflation narrative while beginning to flag the Fed's failure to cut fast enough. Venezuela and Iran are used peripherally as inflation cautionary tales for socialist governance.

The absence of inflation becomes evidence of Trump's superior economic management. Simultaneously, the Fed is attacked for raising rates unnecessarily given that 'there is very little inflation' — a remarkable inversion of the 2011–2013 frame where inflation was imminent. Tariffs are shown to not cause inflation. The economy is booming precisely because inflation is low.

40 posts across three years. The core argument is a direct reversal of 2011–2013: now that Trump is president, low inflation is the proof of good governance, and the Fed is wrong to raise rates because 'there is no inflation'. The Fed attacks are frequent and specific — quantitative tightening, rate hike timing, comparison to European and Asian central banks cutting rates. The 2019 posts hammer the message repeatedly: 'No Inflation!', 'virtually no inflation', 'almost no inflation'. In 2018, low inflation is celebrated alongside strong corporate earnings and dollar strength. The 2020 posts maintain the low-inflation narrative while beginning to flag the Fed's failure to cut fast enough. Venezuela and Iran are used peripherally as inflation cautionary tales for socialist governance.

Turning point
Aug 16, 2018

As president, Trump inverts the 2011–2013 frame entirely: low inflation is now proof of his superior economic management, and the Fed is wrong to raise rates. The same Fed policies (low rates) he once warned would cause catastrophic inflation are now portrayed as insufficient. The rhetorical flip is complete and never acknowledged.

Before2011-2013

13 posts across three years with a remarkably consistent message: the Fed is 'recklessly flooding the market with dollars', the dollar is being destroyed, and record inflation is coming. The predicted inflation never materialized at the levels warned. Obama's spending and ObamaCare are cited as accelerators. Gold prices rising are interpreted as an inflation signal. In 2012 Trump specifically connects QE3 to food and fuel price inflation hitting low-income families. The frame is monetarist-populist: the Fed is creating a hidden tax on working Americans. Notably, these warnings prove empirically inaccurate — the 2010s were a period of historically low inflation — but the rhetorical template (Fed recklessness → coming inflation catastrophe) is established here and recycled later.

After2018-2020

40 posts across three years. The core argument is a direct reversal of 2011–2013: now that Trump is president, low inflation is the proof of good governance, and the Fed is wrong to raise rates because 'there is no inflation'. The Fed attacks are frequent and specific — quantitative tightening, rate hike timing, comparison to European and Asian central banks cutting rates. The 2019 posts hammer the message repeatedly: 'No Inflation!', 'virtually no inflation', 'almost no inflation'. In 2018, low inflation is celebrated alongside strong corporate earnings and dollar strength. The 2020 posts maintain the low-inflation narrative while beginning to flag the Fed's failure to cut fast enough. Venezuela and Iran are used peripherally as inflation cautionary tales for socialist governance.

Turning point
Jul 5, 2019

The Fed attacks intensify through summer 2019 into a sustained campaign. 'No inflation!' appears in post after post as both a factual claim and a rhetorical weapon against Powell's monetary tightening. Trump publicly and repeatedly demands cuts that the Fed refuses to make.

Before2011-2013

13 posts across three years with a remarkably consistent message: the Fed is 'recklessly flooding the market with dollars', the dollar is being destroyed, and record inflation is coming. The predicted inflation never materialized at the levels warned. Obama's spending and ObamaCare are cited as accelerators. Gold prices rising are interpreted as an inflation signal. In 2012 Trump specifically connects QE3 to food and fuel price inflation hitting low-income families. The frame is monetarist-populist: the Fed is creating a hidden tax on working Americans. Notably, these warnings prove empirically inaccurate — the 2010s were a period of historically low inflation — but the rhetorical template (Fed recklessness → coming inflation catastrophe) is established here and recycled later.

After2018-2020

40 posts across three years. The core argument is a direct reversal of 2011–2013: now that Trump is president, low inflation is the proof of good governance, and the Fed is wrong to raise rates because 'there is no inflation'. The Fed attacks are frequent and specific — quantitative tightening, rate hike timing, comparison to European and Asian central banks cutting rates. The 2019 posts hammer the message repeatedly: 'No Inflation!', 'virtually no inflation', 'almost no inflation'. In 2018, low inflation is celebrated alongside strong corporate earnings and dollar strength. The 2020 posts maintain the low-inflation narrative while beginning to flag the Fed's failure to cut fast enough. Venezuela and Iran are used peripherally as inflation cautionary tales for socialist governance.

Phase 032022
biden inflation as catastrophic policy failure
Before2018-2020

40 posts across three years. The core argument is a direct reversal of 2011–2013: now that Trump is president, low inflation is the proof of good governance, and the Fed is wrong to raise rates because 'there is no inflation'. The Fed attacks are frequent and specific — quantitative tightening, rate hike timing, comparison to European and Asian central banks cutting rates. The 2019 posts hammer the message repeatedly: 'No Inflation!', 'virtually no inflation', 'almost no inflation'. In 2018, low inflation is celebrated alongside strong corporate earnings and dollar strength. The 2020 posts maintain the low-inflation narrative while beginning to flag the Fed's failure to cut fast enough. Venezuela and Iran are used peripherally as inflation cautionary tales for socialist governance.

After2022

53 posts. The July 2022 post is maximally grim: 'Major War raging in Europe, Highest Inflation in memory, worst 6 month Stock Market in History, highest Energy Prices EVER — and that is the Good News.' Inflation is consistently paired with gas prices and stock market decline as a unified economic catastrophe narrative. International comparisons appear (Germany at 70-year high inflation) to validate the scale. Candidate endorsement posts begin inserting 'Stop Inflation' as a standard policy bullet alongside border security and Second Amendment defense. The rhetorical shift from 'I warned you' (2011–2013) to 'this is what Democrats do' is complete.

Biden-era inflation (peaking around 9% in mid-2022) is immediately attributed to Democratic spending policies, the 'Green New Deal', and Biden's reversal of Trump's energy policies. The counterfactual ('no inflation under Trump') is the anchor. The stock market crash and inflation together are framed as the direct consequence of Democratic economic mismanagement. Inflation joins border crisis and crime as the triple indictment of Biden governance.

53 posts. The July 2022 post is maximally grim: 'Major War raging in Europe, Highest Inflation in memory, worst 6 month Stock Market in History, highest Energy Prices EVER — and that is the Good News.' Inflation is consistently paired with gas prices and stock market decline as a unified economic catastrophe narrative. International comparisons appear (Germany at 70-year high inflation) to validate the scale. Candidate endorsement posts begin inserting 'Stop Inflation' as a standard policy bullet alongside border security and Second Amendment defense. The rhetorical shift from 'I warned you' (2011–2013) to 'this is what Democrats do' is complete.

Turning point
May 11, 2022

Biden-era inflation's emergence as a major economic issue triggers Trump's return to the topic with maximum political force. The counterfactual 'no inflation under Trump' is deployed immediately and never abandoned. Inflation becomes the primary domestic economic attack for the next three years.

Before2018-2020

40 posts across three years. The core argument is a direct reversal of 2011–2013: now that Trump is president, low inflation is the proof of good governance, and the Fed is wrong to raise rates because 'there is no inflation'. The Fed attacks are frequent and specific — quantitative tightening, rate hike timing, comparison to European and Asian central banks cutting rates. The 2019 posts hammer the message repeatedly: 'No Inflation!', 'virtually no inflation', 'almost no inflation'. In 2018, low inflation is celebrated alongside strong corporate earnings and dollar strength. The 2020 posts maintain the low-inflation narrative while beginning to flag the Fed's failure to cut fast enough. Venezuela and Iran are used peripherally as inflation cautionary tales for socialist governance.

After2022

53 posts. The July 2022 post is maximally grim: 'Major War raging in Europe, Highest Inflation in memory, worst 6 month Stock Market in History, highest Energy Prices EVER — and that is the Good News.' Inflation is consistently paired with gas prices and stock market decline as a unified economic catastrophe narrative. International comparisons appear (Germany at 70-year high inflation) to validate the scale. Candidate endorsement posts begin inserting 'Stop Inflation' as a standard policy bullet alongside border security and Second Amendment defense. The rhetorical shift from 'I warned you' (2011–2013) to 'this is what Democrats do' is complete.

Phase 042023
inflation as electoral cudgel and policy platform
Before2022

53 posts. The July 2022 post is maximally grim: 'Major War raging in Europe, Highest Inflation in memory, worst 6 month Stock Market in History, highest Energy Prices EVER — and that is the Good News.' Inflation is consistently paired with gas prices and stock market decline as a unified economic catastrophe narrative. International comparisons appear (Germany at 70-year high inflation) to validate the scale. Candidate endorsement posts begin inserting 'Stop Inflation' as a standard policy bullet alongside border security and Second Amendment defense. The rhetorical shift from 'I warned you' (2011–2013) to 'this is what Democrats do' is complete.

After2023

67 posts. The Heritage Foundation $7,400 figure becomes a recurring quantification. The 'three I's' formulation (Inflation, Immigration, Incompetence) turns inflation into a rhetorical triplet. Agenda47 formally links impoundment to inflation control. Paul Krugman is mocked for predicting a Trump-era crash that didn't happen, then celebrating the post-Trump inflation as someone else's problem. 'No wars, no inflation, best employment' becomes the standard Trump-era summary. Candidate endorsement posts standardize 'Stop Inflation' alongside border security as universal Republican platform planks across dozens of races.

Biden inflation is quantified ($7,400 lost per American family), linked to broader incompetence ('Inflation, Immigration, Incompetence — all begin with I'), and used as a campaign-platform anchor. Trump's no-inflation record is retrospectively celebrated as one of his greatest achievements. Impoundment is proposed as a tool to slash spending and stop inflation. The campaign contrast sharpens: Trump economy = no inflation; Biden economy = inflation catastrophe.

67 posts. The Heritage Foundation $7,400 figure becomes a recurring quantification. The 'three I's' formulation (Inflation, Immigration, Incompetence) turns inflation into a rhetorical triplet. Agenda47 formally links impoundment to inflation control. Paul Krugman is mocked for predicting a Trump-era crash that didn't happen, then celebrating the post-Trump inflation as someone else's problem. 'No wars, no inflation, best employment' becomes the standard Trump-era summary. Candidate endorsement posts standardize 'Stop Inflation' alongside border security as universal Republican platform planks across dozens of races.

Phase 052024 (Jan–Jul)
biden inflation tax as primary campaign issue
Before2023

67 posts. The Heritage Foundation $7,400 figure becomes a recurring quantification. The 'three I's' formulation (Inflation, Immigration, Incompetence) turns inflation into a rhetorical triplet. Agenda47 formally links impoundment to inflation control. Paul Krugman is mocked for predicting a Trump-era crash that didn't happen, then celebrating the post-Trump inflation as someone else's problem. 'No wars, no inflation, best employment' becomes the standard Trump-era summary. Candidate endorsement posts standardize 'Stop Inflation' alongside border security as universal Republican platform planks across dozens of races.

After2024 (Jan–Jul)

295 posts in 2024 — by far the densest year in the dataset. While many are endorsement boilerplate, the substantive inflation posts reveal a deliberate brand evolution. The 'BIDEN INFLATION TAX' framing (capitalized) appears in May 2024. The 'NO TAX on SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS' pledge targets seniors on fixed incomes 'suffering the ravages of Comrade Kamala Harris' inflation nightmare'. The Harris price-controls attack ('Communist Price Caps... famine, starvation, and poverty') extends the Venezuela comparison directly to inflation policy. The all-caps September post 'THERE WAS NO INFLATION UNDER TRUMP!' is the purest distillation of the entire campaign message.

Inflation is formally rebranded as the 'Biden Inflation Tax' — a deliberate linguistic move to make it feel like a policy choice rather than an economic condition. The campaign platform consolidates 'Stop Inflation' as the domestic economic centerpiece alongside border security. Harris is attacked for her price controls proposal as a path to Venezuela-style famine.

295 posts in 2024 — by far the densest year in the dataset. While many are endorsement boilerplate, the substantive inflation posts reveal a deliberate brand evolution. The 'BIDEN INFLATION TAX' framing (capitalized) appears in May 2024. The 'NO TAX on SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS' pledge targets seniors on fixed incomes 'suffering the ravages of Comrade Kamala Harris' inflation nightmare'. The Harris price-controls attack ('Communist Price Caps... famine, starvation, and poverty') extends the Venezuela comparison directly to inflation policy. The all-caps September post 'THERE WAS NO INFLATION UNDER TRUMP!' is the purest distillation of the entire campaign message.

Turning point
May 17, 2024

The formal rebranding of inflation as a 'TAX' is a deliberate political move: it personalizes the economic condition as Biden's intentional policy choice rather than a global phenomenon, and places it in the same rhetorical category as tax increases.

Before2023

67 posts. The Heritage Foundation $7,400 figure becomes a recurring quantification. The 'three I's' formulation (Inflation, Immigration, Incompetence) turns inflation into a rhetorical triplet. Agenda47 formally links impoundment to inflation control. Paul Krugman is mocked for predicting a Trump-era crash that didn't happen, then celebrating the post-Trump inflation as someone else's problem. 'No wars, no inflation, best employment' becomes the standard Trump-era summary. Candidate endorsement posts standardize 'Stop Inflation' alongside border security as universal Republican platform planks across dozens of races.

After2024 (Jan–Jul)

295 posts in 2024 — by far the densest year in the dataset. While many are endorsement boilerplate, the substantive inflation posts reveal a deliberate brand evolution. The 'BIDEN INFLATION TAX' framing (capitalized) appears in May 2024. The 'NO TAX on SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS' pledge targets seniors on fixed incomes 'suffering the ravages of Comrade Kamala Harris' inflation nightmare'. The Harris price-controls attack ('Communist Price Caps... famine, starvation, and poverty') extends the Venezuela comparison directly to inflation policy. The all-caps September post 'THERE WAS NO INFLATION UNDER TRUMP!' is the purest distillation of the entire campaign message.

Turning point
Sep 26, 2024

The all-caps post is the crystallization of the entire campaign inflation argument into a single declarative sentence. It strips out all nuance and context, functioning as a closing argument for economic competence.

Before2023

67 posts. The Heritage Foundation $7,400 figure becomes a recurring quantification. The 'three I's' formulation (Inflation, Immigration, Incompetence) turns inflation into a rhetorical triplet. Agenda47 formally links impoundment to inflation control. Paul Krugman is mocked for predicting a Trump-era crash that didn't happen, then celebrating the post-Trump inflation as someone else's problem. 'No wars, no inflation, best employment' becomes the standard Trump-era summary. Candidate endorsement posts standardize 'Stop Inflation' alongside border security as universal Republican platform planks across dozens of races.

After2024 (Jan–Jul)

295 posts in 2024 — by far the densest year in the dataset. While many are endorsement boilerplate, the substantive inflation posts reveal a deliberate brand evolution. The 'BIDEN INFLATION TAX' framing (capitalized) appears in May 2024. The 'NO TAX on SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS' pledge targets seniors on fixed incomes 'suffering the ravages of Comrade Kamala Harris' inflation nightmare'. The Harris price-controls attack ('Communist Price Caps... famine, starvation, and poverty') extends the Venezuela comparison directly to inflation policy. The all-caps September post 'THERE WAS NO INFLATION UNDER TRUMP!' is the purest distillation of the entire campaign message.

Phase 062025
victory lap tariff vindication and fed attack
Before2024 (Jan–Jul)

295 posts in 2024 — by far the densest year in the dataset. While many are endorsement boilerplate, the substantive inflation posts reveal a deliberate brand evolution. The 'BIDEN INFLATION TAX' framing (capitalized) appears in May 2024. The 'NO TAX on SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS' pledge targets seniors on fixed incomes 'suffering the ravages of Comrade Kamala Harris' inflation nightmare'. The Harris price-controls attack ('Communist Price Caps... famine, starvation, and poverty') extends the Venezuela comparison directly to inflation policy. The all-caps September post 'THERE WAS NO INFLATION UNDER TRUMP!' is the purest distillation of the entire campaign message.

After2025

76 posts. The pattern from Trump's first term is reproduced almost exactly: low inflation = Trump's achievement; Fed refusing to cut = incompetence. Kevin Hassett cites 'lowest core inflation in four years'. Trump claims tariffs are bringing in trillions while not causing inflation — directly contesting the economic consensus. A Fed study purportedly showing 150 years of evidence that tariffs lower inflation is amplified. Argentina's Milei is praised for defeating inflation inherited from the 'Radical Left' — an implicit parallel to Trump's own situation. The December post declares 'Biden caused the worst inflation in history, I've fixed it' as the year-end summary.

Inflation is falling and Trump claims full credit, attributing it to tariffs rather than monetary policy — a direct challenge to mainstream economics. 'Virtually no inflation' and 'almost no inflation' re-enter the vocabulary as achievement markers, mirroring the 2018–2020 language almost exactly. Powell is attacked relentlessly as 'Too Late Jerome' for refusing to cut rates despite the absence of inflation. The Fed is now the obstacle to even greater economic success.

76 posts. The pattern from Trump's first term is reproduced almost exactly: low inflation = Trump's achievement; Fed refusing to cut = incompetence. Kevin Hassett cites 'lowest core inflation in four years'. Trump claims tariffs are bringing in trillions while not causing inflation — directly contesting the economic consensus. A Fed study purportedly showing 150 years of evidence that tariffs lower inflation is amplified. Argentina's Milei is praised for defeating inflation inherited from the 'Radical Left' — an implicit parallel to Trump's own situation. The December post declares 'Biden caused the worst inflation in history, I've fixed it' as the year-end summary.

Turning point
Apr 15, 2025

The 'Promises Made, Promises Kept' post on falling prices marks the transition from attack mode to victory lap. Tariffs are credited directly for bringing down inflation — establishing the counter-narrative to mainstream economic analysis that tariffs are inflationary.

Before2024 (Jan–Jul)

295 posts in 2024 — by far the densest year in the dataset. While many are endorsement boilerplate, the substantive inflation posts reveal a deliberate brand evolution. The 'BIDEN INFLATION TAX' framing (capitalized) appears in May 2024. The 'NO TAX on SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS' pledge targets seniors on fixed incomes 'suffering the ravages of Comrade Kamala Harris' inflation nightmare'. The Harris price-controls attack ('Communist Price Caps... famine, starvation, and poverty') extends the Venezuela comparison directly to inflation policy. The all-caps September post 'THERE WAS NO INFLATION UNDER TRUMP!' is the purest distillation of the entire campaign message.

After2025

76 posts. The pattern from Trump's first term is reproduced almost exactly: low inflation = Trump's achievement; Fed refusing to cut = incompetence. Kevin Hassett cites 'lowest core inflation in four years'. Trump claims tariffs are bringing in trillions while not causing inflation — directly contesting the economic consensus. A Fed study purportedly showing 150 years of evidence that tariffs lower inflation is amplified. Argentina's Milei is praised for defeating inflation inherited from the 'Radical Left' — an implicit parallel to Trump's own situation. The December post declares 'Biden caused the worst inflation in history, I've fixed it' as the year-end summary.

Turning point
May 8, 2025

With inflation falling, Trump shifts from celebrating low prices to demanding rate cuts from Powell, whom he nicknames 'Too Late Jerome'. This mirrors the 2019 Fed attacks almost exactly: low inflation is now being used as justification for cuts rather than as a standalone achievement.

Before2024 (Jan–Jul)

295 posts in 2024 — by far the densest year in the dataset. While many are endorsement boilerplate, the substantive inflation posts reveal a deliberate brand evolution. The 'BIDEN INFLATION TAX' framing (capitalized) appears in May 2024. The 'NO TAX on SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS' pledge targets seniors on fixed incomes 'suffering the ravages of Comrade Kamala Harris' inflation nightmare'. The Harris price-controls attack ('Communist Price Caps... famine, starvation, and poverty') extends the Venezuela comparison directly to inflation policy. The all-caps September post 'THERE WAS NO INFLATION UNDER TRUMP!' is the purest distillation of the entire campaign message.

After2025

76 posts. The pattern from Trump's first term is reproduced almost exactly: low inflation = Trump's achievement; Fed refusing to cut = incompetence. Kevin Hassett cites 'lowest core inflation in four years'. Trump claims tariffs are bringing in trillions while not causing inflation — directly contesting the economic consensus. A Fed study purportedly showing 150 years of evidence that tariffs lower inflation is amplified. Argentina's Milei is praised for defeating inflation inherited from the 'Radical Left' — an implicit parallel to Trump's own situation. The December post declares 'Biden caused the worst inflation in history, I've fixed it' as the year-end summary.

Phase 072026 (Jan–Mar)
dis inflationary boom narrative and legacy comparison
Before2025

76 posts. The pattern from Trump's first term is reproduced almost exactly: low inflation = Trump's achievement; Fed refusing to cut = incompetence. Kevin Hassett cites 'lowest core inflation in four years'. Trump claims tariffs are bringing in trillions while not causing inflation — directly contesting the economic consensus. A Fed study purportedly showing 150 years of evidence that tariffs lower inflation is amplified. Argentina's Milei is praised for defeating inflation inherited from the 'Radical Left' — an implicit parallel to Trump's own situation. The December post declares 'Biden caused the worst inflation in history, I've fixed it' as the year-end summary.

After2026 (Jan–Mar)

13 posts. The 'DIS-inflationary boom' coinage in January 2026 is the most sophisticated economic framing in the entire dataset — combining growth and falling prices into a single branded concept. The Stephen Moore 401(k) comparison ($20,700 real gain under Trump vs. $24,800 real loss under Biden) is the most data-specific post in the dataset. The Presidents' Day post lists 'Prices and Inflation are Way Down' as the first economic achievement bullet. The housing affordability post explicitly blames 'Record High Inflation caused by Joe Biden' for killing homeownership dreams — returning to the 2022 themes but now in the past tense as a solved problem.

Inflation is now a settled achievement. The frame shifts to comparative legacy-building: 401(k) gains under Trump vs. losses under Biden, 'dis-inflationary boom', housing affordability restored, MAHA movement credited with food price decline. Powell is still attacked for not cutting despite 'virtually no inflation'. Tariffs are definitively framed as the cause of low inflation, not inflation itself.

13 posts. The 'DIS-inflationary boom' coinage in January 2026 is the most sophisticated economic framing in the entire dataset — combining growth and falling prices into a single branded concept. The Stephen Moore 401(k) comparison ($20,700 real gain under Trump vs. $24,800 real loss under Biden) is the most data-specific post in the dataset. The Presidents' Day post lists 'Prices and Inflation are Way Down' as the first economic achievement bullet. The housing affordability post explicitly blames 'Record High Inflation caused by Joe Biden' for killing homeownership dreams — returning to the 2022 themes but now in the past tense as a solved problem.

Turning point
Jan 13, 2026

The 'DIS-inflationary boom' coinage represents the most sophisticated packaging of the inflation narrative: not just low inflation, but a structural economic regime that combines growth and falling prices simultaneously, attributed entirely to Trump's tariff-led economic model.

Before2025

76 posts. The pattern from Trump's first term is reproduced almost exactly: low inflation = Trump's achievement; Fed refusing to cut = incompetence. Kevin Hassett cites 'lowest core inflation in four years'. Trump claims tariffs are bringing in trillions while not causing inflation — directly contesting the economic consensus. A Fed study purportedly showing 150 years of evidence that tariffs lower inflation is amplified. Argentina's Milei is praised for defeating inflation inherited from the 'Radical Left' — an implicit parallel to Trump's own situation. The December post declares 'Biden caused the worst inflation in history, I've fixed it' as the year-end summary.

After2026 (Jan–Mar)

13 posts. The 'DIS-inflationary boom' coinage in January 2026 is the most sophisticated economic framing in the entire dataset — combining growth and falling prices into a single branded concept. The Stephen Moore 401(k) comparison ($20,700 real gain under Trump vs. $24,800 real loss under Biden) is the most data-specific post in the dataset. The Presidents' Day post lists 'Prices and Inflation are Way Down' as the first economic achievement bullet. The housing affordability post explicitly blames 'Record High Inflation caused by Joe Biden' for killing homeownership dreams — returning to the 2022 themes but now in the past tense as a solved problem.

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Biden ignored the Housing Market, and instead was immersed with High Crime, Open Borders, runaway INFLATION, the Afghanistan Disaster, and a Military that he left in Chaos and Confusion. Everything was broken, but I, as President of the United States, have already fixed it! Now, I am giving special attention to the Housing Market. Because I chose not to sell Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in my First Term, a truly great decision, and against the advice of the “experts,” it is now worth many times that amount — AN ABSOLUTE FORTUNE — and has $200 BILLION DOLLARS IN CASH. Because of this, I am instructing my Representatives to BUY $200 BILLION DOLLARS IN MORTGAGE BONDS. This will drive Mortgage Rates DOWN, monthly payments DOWN, and make the cost of owning a home more affordable. It is one of my many steps in restoring Affordability, something that the Biden Administration absolutely destroyed. We are bringing back the AMERICAN DREAM that was destroyed by the last Administration. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

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For a very long time, buying and owning a home was considered the pinnacle of the American Dream. It was the reward for working hard, and doing the right thing, but now, because of the Record High Inflation caused by Joe Biden and the Democrats in Congress, that American Dream is increasingly out of reach for far too many people, especially younger Americans. It is for that reason, and much more, that I am immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes, and I will be calling on Congress to codify it. People live in homes, not corporations. I will discuss this topic, including further Housing and Affordability proposals, and more, at my speech in Davos in two weeks.

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The polls are rigged even more than the writers. The real number is 64%, and why not, our Country is “hotter” than ever before. Isn’t it nice to have a STRONG BORDER, No Inflation, a powerful Military, and great Economy??? Happy New Year!

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Trump Hammers the ‘Mess’ Biden Left on Border, Inflation, Wages: ‘I’m Fixing It’: https://www. breitbart.com/politics/2025/12 /18/trump-hammers-the-mess-biden-left-on-border-inflation-wages-im-fixing-it/

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Tariffs are creating GREAT WEALTH, and unprecedented National Security for the USA. Trade deficit has been cut by 60%, totally unheard of. 4.3% GDP, and going way up. No inflation!!! We are respected as a Country again.

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Tariffs are creating GREAT WEALTH, and unprecedented National Security. for the USA. Trade deficit has been cut by 60%, totally unheard of. 4.3% GDP, and going way up. No inflation!!! We are respected as a Country again.

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Merry Christmas to all, including the Radical Left Scum that is doing everything possible to destroy our Country, but are failing badly. We no longer have Open Borders, Men in Women’s Sports, Transgender for Everyone, or Weak Law Enforcement. What we do have is a Record Stock Market and 401K’s, Lowest Crime numbers in decades, No Inflation, and yesterday, a 4.3 GDP, two points better than expected. Tariffs have given us Trillions of Dollars in Growth and Prosperity, and the strongest National Security we have ever had. We are respected again, perhaps like never before. God Bless America!!! President DJT

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Growth is up and Inflation is down in President Trump’s first year! Matthew Continetti, American Enterprise Institute

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THE TRUMP RULE: \nThe Financial News today was great — GDP up 4.2% as opposed to the predicted 2.5% (and this, despite the downward pressure of the recent Democrat Shutdown!) — But in the Modern Market, when you have good news, the Market stays even, or goes down, because Wall Street’s “heads” are wired differently than they used to be. In the old days, when there was good news, the Market went up. Nowadays, when there is good news, the Market goes down, because everybody thinks that Interest Rates will be immediately lifted to take care of “potential” Inflation. That means that, essentially, we can never have a Great Market again, those Markets from the time when our Nation was building up, and becoming great. Strong Markets, even phenomenal Markets, don’t cause Inflation, stupidity does! I want my new Fed Chairman to lower Interest Rates if the Market is doing well, not destroy the Market for no reason whatsoever. I want to have a Market the likes of which we haven’t had in many decades, a Market that goes up on good news, and down on bad news, the way it should be, and the way it was. Inflation will take care of itself and, if it doesn’t, we can always raise Rates at the appropriate time — But the appropriate time is not to kill Rallies, which could lift our Nation by 10, 15, and even 20 GDP points in a year — and maybe even more than that! A Nation can never be Economically GREAT if “eggheads” are allowed to do everything within their power to destroy the upward slope. We are going to be encouraging the Good Market to get better, rather than make it impossible for it to do so. We are going to see numbers that are far more natural, and far better, than they have ever been before. We are going to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! The United States should be rewarded for SUCCESS, not brought down by it. Anybody that disagrees with me will never be the Fed Chairman!

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Q3 GDP came in at 4.3%, BLOWING PAST expectations of 3.2%. 60 of 61 Bloomberg Economists got it WRONG, but “TRUMP,” and some other Geniuses, got it right. The SUCCESS is due to Good Government, and TARIFFS. Consumer spending is STRONG, Net Exports are WAY UP, Imports and Trade Deficits are WAY DOWN, and there is NO INFLATION! Because of my Tax Bill (THE GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL) and TARIFFS, INVESTMENT IS SETTING RECORDS. The Trump Economic Golden Age is FULL steam ahead — “You haven’t seen anything yet!” Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!\nDONALD J. TRUMP\nPRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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The TARIFFS are responsible for the GREAT USA Economic Numbers JUST ANNOUNCED…AND THEY WILL ONLY GET BETTER! Also, NO INFLATION & GREAT NATIONAL SECURITY. Pray for the U.S. Supreme Court!!! President DJT

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RT @PressSec We know that Americans are still hurting from the 40-year high inflation caused by Joe Biden and the Democrats, but President Trump is making significant progress to fix it, and he won’t stop working until he solves it: \n✅The latest jobs report showed the American economy remains strong with 119,000 new jobs added – more than double expectations. In particular, construction jobs surged by 19,000 in the month of September, the largest monthly gain in a year. \n✅Inflation remains under control and real wages are on pace to increase roughly $1,200 for the average worker. This is a complete reversal of the failed Biden era where we saw inflation skyrocket to 9%, causing private sector workers to see their real wages decline by approximately $3,000 dollars. \n✅Since President Trump took office, all employment gains have gone to native-born workers rather than foreigners like we saw under Biden. \nTrust in Trump.

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I inherited a MESS from the Biden Administration — The Worst Inflation in History, and the Highest Prices our Country has ever seen. In other words, Affordability, just 13 months ago, was a DISASTER for the American People, but now, it’s totally different! Prices are coming down FAST, Energy, Oil and Gasoline, are hitting five year lows, and the Stock Market today just hit an All Time High. Tariffs are bringing in Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we are respected as a Nation again. When will I get credit for having created, with No Inflation, perhaps the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country? When will people understand what is happening? When will Polls reflect the Greatness of America at this point in time, and how bad it was just one year ago?

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Tariffs have made our Country Rich, Strong, Powerful, and Safe. They have been successfully used by other Countries against us for Decades, but when it comes to Tariffs, and because of what I have set in place, WE HAVE ALL THE CARDS, and with a smart President, we always will! Wars have been stopped, and stronger relationships with other countries have been built, even though they are not allowed to rip off the United States anymore. The Stock Market and 401k’s have hit an all time high, Inflation, Prices and Taxes are DOWN. Education is being brought back to the States (where it belongs!), and our Military, and Southern Border, is the strongest they have ever been. The USA is respected again, respected like never before. All of this was brought about by Strong Leadership and TARIFFS, without which we would be a poor and pathetic laughingstock again. Evil, American hating Forces are fighting us at the United States Supreme Court. Pray to God that our Nine Justices will show great wisdom, and do the right thing for America!

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The Creeps at the Failing New York Times are at it again. I won the 2024 Presidential Election in a Landslide, winning all Seven Swing States, the Popular Vote, and the Electoral College by a lot. I won our Nation’s Districts by 2750 to 550, a complete wipeout. I settled 8 Wars, have 48 New Stock Market Highs, our Economy is Great, and our Country is RESPECTED AGAIN all over the World, respected like never before. The last Administration had the Highest Inflation in history - I have already brought that down to normal, and prices, including groceries, are coming down. To do this requires a lot of Work and Energy, and I have never worked so hard in my life. Yet despite all of this the Radical Left Lunatics in the soon to fold New York Times did a hit piece on me that I am perhaps losing my Energy, despite facts that show the exact opposite. They know this is wrong, as is almost every thing that they write about me, including election results, ALL PURPOSELY NEGATIVE. This cheap “RAG” is truly an “ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.” The writer of the story, Katie Rogers, who is assigned to write only bad things about me, is a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out. Despite all of this, I have my highest Poll Numbers, ever, and with record setting investment being made in America, they should only go up. There will be a day when I run low on Energy, it happens to everyone, but with a PERFECT PHYSICAL EXAM AND A COMPREHENSIVE COGNITIVE TEST (“That was aced”) JUST RECENTLY TAKEN, it certainly is not now! GOD BLESS AMERICA & MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!

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The Creeps at the Failing New York Times are at it again. I won the 2024 Presidential Election in a Landslide, winning all Seven Swing States, the Popular Vote, and the Electoral College by a lot. I one our Nation’s Districts by 2750 to 550, a complete wipeout. I settled 8 Wars, have 48 New Stock Market Highs, our Economy is Great, and our Country is RESPECTED AGAIN all over the World, respected like never before. The last Administration had the Highest Inflation in history - I have already brought that down to normal, and prices, including groceries, are coming down. To do this requires a lot of Work and Energy, and I have never worked so hard in my life. Yet despite all of this the Radical Left Lunatics in the soon to fold New York Times did a hit piece on me that I am perhaps losing my Energy, despite facts that show the exact opposite. They know this is wrong, as is almost every thing that they write about me, including election results, ALL PURPOSELY NEGATIVE. This cheap “RAG” is truly an “ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.” The writer of the story, Katie Rogers, who is assigned to write only bad things about me, is a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out. Despite all of this, I have my highest Poll Numbers, ever, and with record setting investment being made in America, they should only go up. There will be a day when I run low on Energy, it happens to everyone, but with a PERFECT PHYSICAL EXAM AND A COMPREHENSIVE COGNITIVE TEST (“That was aced”) JUST RECENTLY TAKEN, it certainly is not now! GOD BLESS AMERICA & MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!

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It looks like the Indiana Senate Republicans will be coming back in two weeks to take up Redistricting, a very important initiative to balance out the Democrats’ endless “Sue to Blue” and Census rigging strategy that has stolen seats from Republicans, and given them to Democrats who would not have them if they played fairly. Radical Left Democrats have rigged the game for a long time — Remember, until the GREAT Speaker Newt Gingrich, Democrats controlled the House for 40 YEARS in a row, and now, Republicans must fight back for the American People who want and need the Massive Tax and Regulation Cuts, Lower Prices, Strong Borders, Powerful Military, and Safe Cities that Republicans are delivering, and Democrats are fighting against every step of the way. Democrats, if they steal power back, will again give us the Highest Ever Inflation, Sky High Prices, Open Borders, Transgender for Everybody, DEI, and unlimited Violent Crime that they caused and allowed until we came back into Office this year. Republicans must do what is necessary to stop the destruction of our Country by these people who hate America, and are so ungrateful for the opportunities our Nation has given them. Our Country and Democracy is special, and we must do everything we possibly can to defend it from the Far Left infiltrators who want to destroy it. I am glad to hear the Indiana House is stepping up to do the right thing, and I hope the Senate finds the Votes. If they do, I will make sure that all of those people supporting me win their Primaries, and go on to Greatness but, if they don’t, I will partner with the incredibly powerful MAGA Grassroots Republicans to elect STRONG Republicans who are ready to do what is needed to protect our Country and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

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We are taking in TRILLIONS of Dollars in Tariffs and Investment Dollars from foreign lands because of Tariffs. I have stopped 5 of the eight WARS directly because of the threat of Tariffs if they don’t stop fighting or, better yet, if they start. There is almost no Inflation, and the worst in USA History under Sleepy Joe Biden. The Stock Market just hit an ALL-TIME HIGH for the 48th time in 9 months. To Leonard Leo, Koch, and all of the Countries and Slimeballs that have ripped off the United States of America for years through the use of their own Tariffs, we don’t have a Court System that’s going to let you destroy our Country any longer. This is the richest, strongest, and most respected the USA has ever been. November 5th, and Tariffs, are the reasons why. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT

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We are taking in TRILLIONS of Dollars in Tariffs and Investment Dollars from foreign lands because of Tariffs. I have stopped 5 of the eight WARS directly because of the threat of Tariffs if the don’t stop fighting or, better yet, if they start. There is almost no Inflation, and the worst in USA History under Sleepy Joe Biden. The Stock Market just hit an ALL-TIME HIGH for the 48th time in 9 months. To Leonard Leo, Koch, and all of the Countries and Slimeballs that have ripped off the United States of America for years through the use of their own Tariffs, we don’t have a Court System that’s going to let you destroy our Country any longer. This is the richest, strongest, and most respected the USA has ever been. November 5th, and Tariffs, are the reasons why. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT

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Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged by the Trump Justice Department in 2019 (Not the Democrats!), was a lifelong Democrat, donated Thousands of Dollars to Democrat Politicians, and was deeply associated with many well-known Democrat figures, such as Bill Clinton (who traveled on his plane 26 times), Larry Summers (who just resigned from many Boards, including Harvard), Sleazebag Political Activist Reid Hoffman, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (who asked Epstein to donate to his Campaign AFTER Epstein was charged), Democrat Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, and many more. Perhaps the truth about these Democrats, and their associations with Jeffrey Epstein, will soon be revealed, because I HAVE JUST SIGNED THE BILL TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES! As everyone knows, I asked Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, to pass this Bill in the House and Senate, respectively. Because of this request, the votes were almost unanimous in favor of passage. At my direction, the Department of Justice has already turned over close to fifty thousand pages of documents to Congress. Do not forget — The Biden Administration did not turn over a SINGLE file or page related to Democrat Epstein, nor did they ever even speak about him. Democrats have used the “Epstein” issue, which affects them far more than the Republican Party, in order to try and distract from our AMAZING Victories, including THE GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL TAX CUT BILL, Strong Borders, No Men in Women’s Sports or Transgender for Everyone, ending DEI, stopping Biden’s Record Setting Inflation, lowering Prices, Biggest Tax and Regulation Cuts in History, ending EIGHT Wars, rebuilding our Military, knocking out Iran’s Nuclear capability, getting Trillions of Dollars INVESTED in the U.S.A., creating the “HOTTEST” Country anywhere in the World, and even delivering a HUGE DEFEAT to the Democrats on the recent Shutdown Disaster. For years our Great Nation has had to endure RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, UKRAINE, UKRAINE, UKRAINE, IMPEACHMENT HOAX #1 , IMPEACHMENT HOAX #2 , and many other Democrat created Witch Hunts and Scams, all of which have been so terrible and divisive for our Country, and have been done to confuse, deflect, and distract from the GREAT JOB that Republicans, and the Trump Administration, are doing. This latest Hoax will backfire on the Democrats just as all of the rest have! Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

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