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Bulwark Takes

Trump’s Lies About Prices, Thoroughly Demolished

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

News, Society & Culture, Politics, News Commentary

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Will Saletan unpacks Donald Trump’s lies about the economy, from food prices, tariffs, and job losses, and contrasts them with hard data highlighting how Trump dismisses economic warnings, blames others for downturns, and promotes approval ratings that don’t exist, raising questions about his grip on reality.

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0:00.0

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0:17.9

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0:20.2

Hey, it's Will Salatan from The Bullwork.

0:22.5

And if you voted for Donald Trump, or if you know someone who voted for Donald Trump,

0:27.9

I want to show you something.

0:29.9

A lot of people voted for Trump because they believed that he understood the economy,

0:36.4

and they thought that he would bring down prices.

0:40.1

That has not happened. In fact, he's made everything worse, and what I want to show you today

0:46.7

is why he's not doing the job his voters thought he would do. I'm going to show you Donald Trump on camera demonstrating that he is unable to recognize or comprehend

1:01.6

the damage he's doing to the economy and to millions of Americans.

1:06.8

Let's start with a reality check.

1:09.3

This is the official Consumer Price Index that was published a month ago.

1:15.3

It found that according to the latest data as of April 10th, food prices were increasing.

1:21.4

But after that report was published, Trump went out and repeatedly told Americans just the opposite.

1:29.9

Here's what he said at a rally in Michigan two weeks ago.

1:33.7

Grocery prices have gone down. Everything's gone down. And yet, I saw this person on

1:39.3

MSDNC, but I saw this person. He campaigned on bringing prices down. Every price has gone down. What am I going to do?

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