Former President Trump criticized President Biden’s handling of inflation in a late-night social media rant, joking that he is blaming his “economic disaster” on the shrinking size of Snickers bars.
In back-to-back posts on Truth Social on Friday night, Trump attacked Biden, his likely general rival, for suggesting that “corporate greed” is largely responsible for why prices remain high.
“Unbelievably, Crooked Joe went on television last week and proclaimed in an interview that Americans can actually afford their brutal inflation tax – he declared that CITAM families ‘have money to spend,’ and then Biden blamed his economic disaster on corporations that are decreasing in size. of your Snickers bars,” Trump he wrote.
“But Americans are not struggling to survive because they are buying TOO MANY SNICKER BARS – they are struggling because we have the worst, most incompetent, and most corrupt president in the history of our country,” he added.
His comments reference what Biden said during an interview with CNN last week. The incumbent suggested he is “working” to keep companies in check over what has been dubbed “reducing inflation.”
“If you look at what people have, they have money to spend. It angers them and it angers me that you have to spend more,” Biden said. “It’s about 20% less for the same price. This is corporate greed. This is corporate greed. And we have to deal with it. And that’s what I’m working on.”
In April, inflation slowed, falling by around 3.4 percent, according to data released by the Department of Labor. Food prices also fell last month for the first time in a year.
Despite the drop, Americans listed inflation or the high cost of living as “the most important financial problem facing their families,” according to a Gallup poll in early May.
In the run-up to the general election, several polls found that Americans trust Trump over Biden when it comes to handling the economy and inflation. About 46% of Americans said they trust the former president on the economy, while 32% said the same about Biden, an ABC News/Ipsos poll released in early May found.
Trump, in another post on Truth Social, also blamed Biden for young Americans’ difficulty paying rent or car payments and their inability to buy homes.
“One of the cruelest effects of Biden’s inflation tax is how Crooked Joe has made it impossible for millions of Americans, especially YOUNG Americans, to buy a house, a car, or even pay their rent,” Trump said. “High inflation means high prices, high interest rates, high mortgage rates and death to the American dream.”
“Despite what Biden says, the American people CANNOT afford their inflationary nightmare – and we DEFINITELY cannot afford four more years of Crooked Joe Biden,” Trump added.
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