WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump touted low inflation on Friday while departing the White House en route to Fort Bragg with first lady Melania Trump.
Trump greeted reporters as he prepared to board Marine One to highlight the 2.4 percent year-over-year inflation in January’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report.
.@POTUS on the CPI report: "The inflation numbers that just announced, as you know, are way down, and we have it back on track. We had the worst in the history of our country, and now, we have very modest inflation, which is what you want to have." pic.twitter.com/yRwDK5wDho
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“So the inflation numbers just announced, as you know, are way down, and we have it back on track. We had the worst inflation in the history of our country, and now we have very modest inflation, which is what you want to have,” he said.