There is the latest inflation report – and for the first time in almost five years, the consumer price index has fallen.
According to data released on April 10th, gas prices fell, falling 6.3% from February to March, nearly 10% year-on-year. It is a real relief for working families.
It is easy to claim that you have achieved all your successes, and all your failures are the fault of others. But it’s not leadership – it’s childish.
But don’t expect Joe Biden to trust Donald Trump. That means accepting the obvious. These results are not from Biden’s policies, but from Trump’s policies.
Psychologists call it the “trajectory of control.” People with internal trajectories believe that they shape their own destiny. Outsiders think they are at the mercy of the situation.
Most people choose one or the other. But Democrats? They flip according to someone who happens to be sitting in an oval office.
When inflation remained low under Trump, they called it luck. They denounced Vladimir Putin when inflation hit a 40-year high under Biden. And the landlord. grocery store. and payment processors. Anyone except Biden.
That spin didn’t pay the bills – especially in minority communities, inflation is the most intense.
Federal Reserve data shows that black and Hispanic households earn a higher percentage of their income to gas, groceries and rent than white households. In cities like Atlanta, Detroit and Charlotte, Black Rentals saw double-digit rental increases between 2021 and 2023.
What did you hear from the White House? excuse. deflection. “We’re building better” – but for who?
Trump gave us the answer. On the first day he signed an executive order to quickly track energy permits, cut off the deficit, reopened federal land for excavation, and established a new National Energy Council.
The results are clear. Energy prices are falling. Inflation is cooling. And the Americans are finally taking a break.
Biden took the opposite approach. He vowed to “end of fossil fuels”, killing Keystone XL pipeline, blocking offshore drilling, and selling oil from strategic oil reserves – To China.
He pointed his finger as the energy prices skyrocketed. Biden condemned the war in Ukraine. However, by January 2022 – before the invasion – gas prices had already risen 40% year-on-year, with inflation reaching 7.5%.
“Putin Price Hiking” was a handy distraction from Biden’s failed energy agenda.
And the scapegoating didn’t stop there.
As inflation reached every corner of the economy, Attorney General Merrick Garland pointed to a visa and accused debit card fees of fueling the crisis. The price in question? 14 cents for a $60 purchase.
Don’t worry about businesses being willing to pay these standard fees. If they have a real problem with them, they can easily switch to many alternative companies or payment methods.
If Garland wanted a real answer, he should have looked at Biden’s regulatory agenda. One study estimates that these rules cost the average family $47,000 for a lifetime.
When rents surged, Biden and the Justice Department turned their fingers towards landlords and pricing algorithms. They ignored the real driver. Millions of illegal immigrants have increased demand and increased federal mandate that has jacked the cost of buildings’ compliance. And the algorithm they blame? These same tools recommend low prices when inflation and demand cool.
As the grocery bill climbed, Biden denounced the greedy grocery stores and meat packers. He ignored the real perpetrators: trillions of wasted spending from the American rescue plan and the so-called inflation reduction laws.
Here’s the pattern: jack-up costs, and blame someone else. Spin doesn’t fill Jackson’s gas tanks or put groceries on tables in Memphis. Press releases do not pay Colombia’s electricity bills.
It is easy to claim that you have achieved all your successes, and all your failures are the fault of others. But it’s not leadership – it’s childish. Kindergarten teachers do not tolerate this. Voters shouldn’t either.
And they are not. Democrats vote for 29% for reasons.
The media tracks the stock market, but Main Street is important. When gas prices rise by 60%, hedge fund managers will not suffer. A single Detroit mother, Atlanta delivery driver, and her Baltimore grandmother is expanding her social security checks.
This is not academic. It’s survival.
Americans make excuses. They want results – and President Trump is offering.
He wasn’t just talking tough. He reduced gas prices, cooled inflation and restored energy independence. For communities crushed by elite policy failures, these outcomes are more than just political. They are changing lives.
