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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
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.

2011-2013
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.

2018-2020
no inflation as presidential achievement vs fed incompetence

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.

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.

2022
biden inflation as catastrophic policy failure

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.

2023
inflation as electoral cudgel and policy platform

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.

2024 (Jan–Jul)
biden inflation tax as primary campaign issue

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.

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.

2025
victory lap tariff vindication and fed attack

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.

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.

2026 (Jan–Mar)
dis inflationary boom narrative and legacy comparison

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.

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Post preview from Donald Trump

The level of Excitement and Enthusiasm in New Hampshire is incredible. They want STRONG BORDERS, A GREAT ECONOMY WITH NO INFLATION, LOW TAXES & REGULATIONS, A POWERFUL MILITARY, ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, & JUST PLAIN COMMON SENSE. WE WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

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This USA is in serious trouble. Under Crooked Joe Biden, our borders are GONE. Inflation is crushing our Middle Class. Violent criminals are running wild. Law enforcement is weaponized against conservatives and Christians. Our military has gone woke, the world is on fire, and we are stumbling toward World War III…

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RT @realDonaldTrump The stakes of this election could not be higher. Under Crooked Joe Biden, our borders have been erased. Millions of illegal aliens are invading from all over the world. Our Middle Class is being crushed by Biden’s crippling inflation. Violent criminals are running wild in Democrat-run cities while law enforcement has been weaponized against Christians, conservatives, and people of faith. We have war in Europe, war in the Middle East, China is threatening Taiwan, Iran is inches away from a nuclear bomb, our military has gone woke, and we are teetering on the brink of World War III. \nI am the ONLY candidate in this race who is up to the task of saving America from every single Biden disaster starting on DAY ONE! https:// ia.donaldjtrump.com/

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The stakes of this election could not be higher. Under Crooked Joe Biden, our borders have been erased. Millions of illegal aliens are invading from all over the world. Our Middle Class is being crushed by Biden’s crippling inflation. Violent criminals are running wild in Democrat-run cities while law enforcement has been weaponized against Christians, conservatives, and people of faith. We have war in Europe, war in the Middle East, China is threatening Taiwan, Iran is inches away from a nuclear bomb, our military has gone woke, and we are teetering on the brink of World War III. \nI am the ONLY candidate in this race who is up to the task of saving America from every single Biden disaster starting on DAY ONE! https:// ia.donaldjtrump.com/

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THE ECONOMY IS TERRIBLE & INFLATION, WHICH BY SOME ACCOUNTS IS MORE THAN 30% OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, HAS TOTALLY DESTROYED THE BUYING POWER OF THE CONSUMER. THE ONLY THING THAT IS KEEPING THE ECONOMY “ALIVE” IS THE FUMES OF WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THE STOCK MARKET IS ONLY HIGH BECAUSE PEOPLE, & INSTITUTIONS, BELIEVE & EXPECT ME TO WIN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2024. IF I DON’T WIN, IT IS MY PREDICTION THAT WE WILL HAVE A STOCK MARKET “CRASH” WORSE THAN THAT OF 1929 - A GREAT DEPRESSION!!! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

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RT @realDonaldTrump Debbie Dingell of Michigan is a LOSER, who is helping Crooked Joe Biden, and his Merry Band of Thugs, to DESTROY our Country with his INSANE Open Borders Policy, Inflation, High Cost Energy, Green New Scam, HORRIBLE WORLD DIPLOMACY, Afghanistan Catastrophe, All Electric Cars, and so much else. Our Country is a NO LONGER RESPECTED MESS, A NATION IN DECLINE, A FAILING, CRIME RIDDEN COUNTRY. When I gave, as President, her long serving husband, the absolute highest U.S. honors for his funeral, a really big deal, she called me, crying almost uncontrollably, to say that she couldn’t believe I was willing to do that for a Democrat. She thanked me profusely. Two months later, she was back on the trail ranting and raving about “TRUMP.” She ought to focus on how badly the Auto Workers of Michigan, and the USA as a whole, are being treated by CHINA, to which Crooked Joe Biden has given this once great industry away!

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Debbie Dingell of Michigan is a LOSER, who is helping Crooked Joe Biden, and his Merry Band of Thugs, to DESTROY our Country with his INSANE Open Borders Policy, Inflation, High Cost Energy, Green New Scam, HORRIBLE WORLD DIPLOMACY, Afghanistan Catastrophe, All Electric Cars, and so much else. Our Country is a NO LONGER RESPECTED MESS, A NATION IN DECLINE, A FAILING, CRIME RIDDEN COUNTRY. When I gave, as President, her long serving husband, the absolute highest U.S. honors for his funeral, a really big deal, she called me, crying almost uncontrollably, to say that she couldn’t believe I was willing to do that for a Democrat. She thanked me profusely. Two months later, she was back on the trail ranting and raving about “TRUMP.” She ought to focus on how badly the Auto Workers of Michigan, and the USA as a whole, are being treated by CHINA, to which Crooked Joe Biden has given this once great industry away!

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Merry Christmas to all, including Crooked Joe Biden’s ONLY HOPE, Deranged Jack Smith, the out of control Lunatic who just hired outside attorneys, fresh from the SWAMP (unprecedented!), to help him with his poorly executed WITCH HUNT against “TRUMP” and “MAGA.” Included also are World Leaders, both good and bad, but none of which are as evil and “sick” as the THUGS we have inside our Country who, with their Open Borders, INFLATION, Afghanistan Surrender, Green New Scam, High Taxes, No Energy Independence, Woke Military, Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Iran, All Electric Car Lunacy, and so much more, are looking to destroy our once great USA. MAY THEY ROT IN HELL. AGAIN, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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RT @RSBN “He is a laughing stock all over the world”: President Trump BLASTS Biden’s record on inflation, border, crime, foreign policy in Reno, Nevada \nWatch LIVE: https://www. rsbnetwork.com/video/live-pres ident-trump-holds-a-commit-to-caucus-rally-in-reno-nevada-12-17-23/

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RT @realDonaldTrump I am pleased to announce that very popular and highly respected Congressman, Jeff Van Drew, will be heading up my New Jersey effort for President. I have known Jeff for a long time and consider him to be one of the best political minds anywhere. He feels, as do I, that because the Biden Administration has been so bad to the Garden State, that we have a very good chance of winning New Jersey. We will put it on our List for Rallies and all other forms of Events, and make a concerted effort to WIN! I spend a great deal of time in New Jersey, love the State, and its people. With what is going on in our Country now, Open and Broken Borders, Record Setting Crime, High Taxes and Regulations, Disrespect of our Military and Vets, the Worst Inflation in 72 years, and a Terrible Economy, we will win New Jersey, and possibly by a lot. Jeff Van Drew will put his Talents on display for all to see. I thank him very much. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

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I am pleased to announce that very popular and highly respected Congressman, Jeff Van Drew, will be heading up my New Jersey effort for President. I have known Jeff for a long time and consider him to be one of the best political minds anywhere. He feels, as do I, that because the Biden Administration has been so bad to the Garden State, that we have a very good chance of winning New Jersey. We will put it on our List for Rallies and all other forms of Events, and make a concerted effort to WIN! I spend a great deal of time in New Jersey, love the State, and its people. With what is going on in our Country now, Open and Broken Borders, Record Setting Crime, High Taxes and Regulations, Disrespect of our Military and Vets, the Worst Inflation in 72 years, and a Terrible Economy, we will win New Jersey, and possibly by a lot. Jeff Van Drew will put his Talents on display for all to see. I thank him very much. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

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Just three years ago, our economy was booming, the world was safe, and America was strong. Annual incomes went up by more than $6,000 under the Trump administration, and they went down by about $6,000 under the horrible Biden administration — the worst in the history of our country. The 30-year mortgage rate reached a record low of 2.65%. We had no inflation. We had gasoline down to $1.87 per gallon. … Under Crooked Joe Biden, the economy is in shambles and the world is going up in flames. Real incomes have gone down by $7,400 per family. … Cumulative inflation is nearly 20%. … We have war in Europe. We have wars in the Middle East. And we are stumbling into World War III.

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https:// themessenger.com/opinion/trump -biden-polls-rematch-2024-election-inflation-economy

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It is my great honor to ENDORSE Brandon Gill for U.S. Congress in Texas-26. He is the clear “America First” candidate, and is as loyal and tough as they come. He’s a Cowboy, Businessman, Husband and Father, but also, a True Patriot. Brandon is Strong on SECURING OUR BORDER, STOPPING CRIME, FIGHTING INFLATION, & PROTECTING OUR SECOND AMENDMENT. He also comes with the love and respect of his father-in-law, a true warrior, Dinesh D’Souza. Brandon will not let you down. Onward to VICTORY!

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Congressman Dale Strong is a terrific Representative of Alabama’s 5th Congressional District! \nDale was with us from the beginning, and in Congress, he is working hard to Grow our Economy, Fight Inflation, Stop Illegal Immigration, Support our Brave Law Enforcement, Defend the Second Amendment, and Champion Conservative Values. \nDale Strong is a Warrior for our America First agenda, and he has my Complete and Total Endorsement!

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RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/111485551621840715 FoxNews should look at these numbers before doing their Fake News reports on Birdbrain. What a joke they are! The DeSanctimonious donors are coming to me (if I even want them, which I don’t!), not to, “I’ll never run against President Trump” Haley, who was very average in every way. Just like 2016 all over again. She’s not solving Israel, Iran, Ukraine, Inflation, or anything else!

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Whenever I sarcastically insert the name Obama for Biden as an indication that others may actually be having a very big influence in running our Country, Ron DeSanctimonious and his failing campaign apparatus, together with the Democrat’s Radical Left “Disinformation Machine,” go wild saying that “Trump doesn’t know the name of our President, (CROOKED!) Joe Biden. He must be cognitively impaired.” No, I know both names very well, never mix them up, and know that they are destroying our Country. Also, and as reported, I just took a cognitive test as part of my Physical Exam, and ACED it. Also ACED (a perfect score!) one taken while in the White House. Biden should take one so we can determine why he wants Open Borders, No Energy Independence, A Woke Military, High Inflation, No Voter I.D., Men playing In Women’s Sports, Only Electric Cars & Trucks, A Weaponized DOJ/FBI, and so many other CRAZY things!!!

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Highly respected Senator Mike Braun is running for Governor of Indiana, a State I love and won by large margins in 2016 and 2020.\n \nIn the Senate, Mike is working hard to Support our Law Enforcement, Secure our Borders, and Stop the Woke Fascist Mob trying to destroy our Country.  Mike is an America First Conservative who knows how to Grow the Economy, Fight Inflation, and Champion “Hoosier” Values.\n \nI was proud to endorse Mike when he ran for the Senate in 2018, and I am proud to do so again — Mike Braun has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next Governor of the Great State of Indiana!

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The Failing New York Times story, leaked by Deranged Jack Smith and the Biden “Political Opponent Abuser” DOJ, about a red haired weirdo from Australia, named Anthony Pratt, is Fake News. I never spoke to him about Submarines, but I did speak to him about creating jobs in Ohio and Pennsylvania, because that’s what I’m all about - JOBS, A GREAT ECONOMY, LOW TAXES, NO INFLATION, ENERGY DOMINANCE, STRONG BORDERS, NO ENDLESS WARS, LOW INTEREST RATES, and much more! Maggie Hagerman and the Misfits never called me for a comment. Why would they, they just write anything they want. Whether it’s correct or not is of ZERO importance to them. “All the News That’s Unfit To Print.” That’s why we call it the Fake News!

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As I successfully fight these Political Opponent Lawsuits, all created and started by Crooked Joe Biden and his group of Radical Left Thugs, I realize how insignificant they are compared to the horror of what is going on with Israel and the Middle East, where thousands of people have so needlessly died, in a war that should have NEVER STARTED, and millions could very easily follow, all due to the highly incompetent Biden Administration and their policies of Weakness and Appeasement (and of being just plain STUPID!). This is true also with Ukraine/Russia, which would NEVER HAVE STARTED under the Trump Administration, and many other “hot spots” around the globe that could easily lead to big problems and death. Even INFLATION, a killer in its own right, would not have happened. So let them keep suing me over BULLSHIT, in their hope of Election Interference, as our Country becomes disabled and dies. We will successfully fight it all, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!

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