Trump Scrambles to Defend His Claim About Loving Inflation (opens in new tab)

President Donald Trump’s attempt to explain his sudden “love” for high inflation just made things so much worse. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office Wednesday, Trump brushed off a bleak inflation report finding that America’s annual inflation rate had reached its highest levels in three years.“The numbers were great. You know what I really love? I love the inflation,” Trump said.Speaking on the phone with the New York Post later that day, Trump claimed he’d been taken out of context. “I ...