Trump says "I love the inflation" as families struggle to afford groceries

Hope For America with Heather Delaney Reese · Jun 12, 2026 · 11m

Shortly after 10 a.m. this morning, the president sat in one of the most recognizable rooms in the United States of America. Seated in a tall brown leather chair inside the Oval Office, Donald Trump decided to use that moment to insult the presidents who came before him: "They dealt with some very stupid presidents. I have to say that. I'm embarrassed to say some very stupid people were sitting here." And when a reporter asked whether he was concerned that inflation just hit its highest level in three years, the man who promised to bring prices down on day one looked into the camera and said…