President Donald Trump returned to the United States on Friday from a highly publicized state visit to China, where he was feted with brass bands, a garden tour with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and vague promises of trade deals—only to confront a
Trump returns from China to 3.8% inflation, rising costs at home
- President Donald Trump returned from a trip to China to find the U.S. facing an inflation rate of 3.8% in April, with forecasts projecting 4.2% in May as the Iran war and trade tariffs push prices higher.
- The annual inflation rate now exceeds the 3% Trump inherited when he took office, erasing wage gains and leaving workers poorer.
- Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer accused Trump of showing “no sympathy, no support, or any plan” to lower costs, while Vice President JD Vance blamed President Joe Biden for the underlying inflation problem.
- Trump told Fox News that gasoline prices were “short-term pain” and would “drop like a rock” once the Iran war ends, but dismissed Americans’ financial situation during the Iran negotiations, saying he does not think about it.
- The interest rate on 10-year U.S. government debt jumped from 4.36% to 4.6% in the past week, threatening higher borrowing costs for auto loans and mortgages.
- Economist Gregory Daco warned that layers of supply shocks—tariffs, immigration crackdowns, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz—are feeding inflationary pressures and eroding economic growth.
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