Diesel $6.05 a gallon. Thanks Trump.

#TrumpWar
#Trumpflation
#TrumpLies

On the campaign trail, Trump vowed that a manufacturing revival would "happen fast and beautifully," and when he imposed sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners last ​April he predicted they would make factories "come roaring back."
But a tariff on Chinese-made brass instruments -- currently at 20.4% -- has not deterred Conn Selmer, which is following rivals that ​shifted production to China years ago ⁠to cut labor costs.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-pledge-is-falling-flat-ohio-musical-instrument-plant-closes-2026-04-17/

#trump #trumpflation #manufacturing

Yes, it is #trumpflation.
Yes, the high prices are all Trump's fault.
Yes, if Harris had won, prices would now be down to pre-pandemic levels.
Yes, Trump's own people confirm it.
#trump #republicans #republican #democrats #democrat #unitedstates
#economy

https://reason.com/2026/04/13/federal-reserve-without-tariffs-inflation-would-have-dropped-to-pre-pandemic-levels-during-2025/

Federal Reserve: Without tariffs, inflation would have dropped to pre-pandemic levels during 2025

New study finds that tariffs were responsible for the "entirety of the excess inflation in the core goods category."

Reason.com
Ben Jennings @BJennings90 on #Trumpflation #Trump #Inflation @Guardian – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

How many people who have studied JD Vance’s “career” really expected him to make any progress?

At this Super Bowl, it’s Iran 1, JD Vance 0. #loser

https://www.axios.com/2026/04/10/vance-iran-talks-pakistan

#JDVance #trump #iranwar #trumpflation

Vance heads to high-stakes Iran talks: "JD is going to the Super Bowl"

"Vance asked for the ball and he got it."

Axios