Democrats hope to press the "affordability" issue in this year's midterm election season, but there'…
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Inflation: Comparing Trump and Biden...

Democrats hope to press the "affordability" issue in this year's midterm election season, but there's one potentially glaring problem for them, as illustrated by our friends at Unleash Prosperity...

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August 17, 2026 • 04:40 PM
Inflation Has Declined Under Trump, But Quadrupled by This Point in Biden’s Presidency
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, September 18 2025
At this point in Joe Biden’s presidency, inflation had already nearly quadrupled.   From 1.4% when Biden entered office in January 2021, it hit an alarming 5.2% level by September of that year.   In contrast, inflation has actually declined under Donald Trump since he began his second term.  From 3.0% in January of this year, it stands at 2.9% today.   From the mainstream media tenor, however, one would hardly know that.   Over the past four years, media and their favored clique of economic pundits have treated inflation very differently depending…
 
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