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The GOP faces a reckoning for letting MAGA take the reins
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Trump’s Inflation Is Policy, Not Misfortune
The Damage Has an Author
Donald Trump promised to lower prices. Instead, the policies described in the reporting—mass deportations, new taxes and war with Iran—are raising the cost of energy, food and ordinary commerce. Diesel has already broken price records, gasoline is following, and inflation stands at 3.4 percent.
That is enough context. The central fact is agency: Trump is not merely presiding over an economic shock. His administration is making choices that intensify it.
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