President Donald Trump insisted he loves inflation caused by his war in Iran and claimed he tanked the stock market on purpose.The 79-year-old president spoke to reporters Wednesday in the Oval Office, where he was asked about year-over-year inflation hitting a three-year high of 4.2 percent last mo...
  • dalekcaan@feddit.nl
    77·
    2 days ago

    “No, I love it – the numbers were great,” Trump said. “You know what I really love? I love the inflation. You know why? Because as soon as this war is over, you know, I can say it now, something you didn’t know. You know, we’ve been taking out millions of barrels of oil, nobody knows it. You know who doesn’t know about it? Iran, until right now we took out the other night 22 ships late at night with no lights because they don’t have any radar because we blasted the crap out of it. We took out, that’s why oil is $85 a barrel.”

    I know everything that comes out of his mouth is word salad, but I think I had a stroke just reading that.

    • pivot_root@lemmy.world
      20·
      2 days ago

      We’ve been taking out millions of barrels of oil. You know who doesn’t know about it? Iran

      Didn’t. Past tense.

      If by some amazing level of incompetence they didn’t know about their oil being plundered, they absolutely do now that he’s opened his mouth about it.

    • tomiant@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      “In fact this is great. You know why? Because look over here, a completely unrelated lie that I’m very proud of.”