Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on President Biden’s handling of inflation hours before purchasing Chick-Fil-A for an entire restaurant in Atlanta.
The former president took to his social media platform Truth Social to capitalize on news that the annual inflation rate rose again to 3.5 percent in March.
Later that same day, Trump was filmed in a good mood while visiting a Chick-Fil-A where he paid the bill for the entire restaurant.
The latest inflation data had already sent stocks tumbling amid fears it would delay the Federal Reserve in cutting interest rates, which are already at their highest level in 23 years.
Trump wrote: ‘Inflation is back and raging! The Federal Reserve will never be able to credibly lower interest rates, because it wants to protect the worst president in American history.’
Trump was filmed in a good mood while visiting a Chick-Fil-A in Atlanta, where he picked up the tab for the entire restaurant.
It comes after Biden appeared to blame large corporations for keeping prices high.
He said in a statement: ‘I am calling on corporations, including grocery retailers, to use record profits to drive down prices.
‘Congressional Republicans want to cut taxes on billionaires and large corporations, while helping special interests and Big Pharma raise prices. I won’t leave them.
It marked a change in tone by the president, who had previously remained optimistic.
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