The annual rate of #inflation was 3% in Sept—almost exactly the same as it was on Inauguration Day.
Trump’s failure was predictable. #Prices almost never fall across the entire #economy. When they do, it tends to be because of a crisis, such as the #GreatDepression. Trump is responsible for misleading people. But he has not merely failed to keep an impossible promise. Trump has pursued policies, starting with #tariffs, that are making the problem worse by making life in the #US less #affordable.