Donald Heads To China As Inflation Surges
The Mary Trump Podcast
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🗓️ 12 May 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Inflation surged to 3.8% this week as rising energy prices tied to the Iran conflict continue squeezing American consumers. Meanwhile, Donald heads to China alongside billionaire CEOs for a summit with Xi Jinping focused on trade, tariffs, and escalating global tensions.
This news brief also covers Donald’s bizarre South Lawn appearance with the Indiana Hoosiers, concerns after he repeatedly nodded off during an Oval Office MAHA meeting, Pete Hegseth facing questions over the growing costs of the Iran conflict and the administration’s proposed $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget, and new Epstein hearings underway in Palm Beach near Mar a Lago.
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| 0:00.0 | We have breaking news. |
| 0:06.6 | The April inflation reports out showing a rise in energy costs. |
| 0:10.1 | The viewer of Labor statistics says inflation rose 3.8% compared to this time last year and 0.6% |
| 0:16.0 | compared to last month. |
| 0:17.1 | Mr. President, you promised to bring inflation down. |
| 0:20.1 | It's now at its highest level in three years. |
| 0:22.4 | Are your policies not working? |
| 0:24.1 | What's happening? |
| 0:25.1 | My policies are working incredibly. |
| 0:26.1 | If you go back to just before the war, for the last three months, inflation was at 1.7%. |
| 0:33.0 | Now, we had a choice. |
| 0:35.5 | Let these lunatics have a nuclear weapon. If you want to do that, then you're a stupid person, and you happen to be. |
| 0:41.3 | I mean, I know you very well. |
| 0:43.3 | Anybody that wants them to have a nuclear weapon is a stupid person. |
| 0:49.3 | So we said we're going to take the greatest stock market in history, |
| 0:53.3 | and we're going to go down a little bit. |
| 0:55.9 | And actually, that turned out to be incorrect because our stock market is now at the highest point in history, which frankly surprised a lot of people. |
| 1:13.4 | Welcome to the Mary Trump podcast. |
| 1:14.9 | Let's dive it. |
| 1:29.2 | According to new data released this morning, inflation climbed to 3.8% in April, its highest level in nearly three years, as rising energy costs linked to the war war in Iran continue to drive prices higher across the country. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said energy costs accounted for |
| 1:34.6 | more than 40% of the monthly increase while wage growth slowed to 3.6%, meaning prices are now |
| 1:42.7 | rising faster than paychecks for the first time since |
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