Expert weighs in on Trump’s ‘interesting’ take as Americans struggle to keep up with rising prices

President Donald Trump’s attempt to explain his sudden “love” for high inflation may have made things so much worse.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office Trump brushed off a bleak inflation report, which found that America’s annual inflation rate had reached its highest levels in three years.

Here’s what he said: “The numbers were great. You know what I really love? I love the inflation.”

Alex Jacquez, Chief of Policy & Advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative and former Special Assistant to the President for Economic Development and Industrial Strategy, joined us on The Morning Show to discuss the inflation outlook and the president’s interesting take.