Iran War, Tariffs Drive Inflation Up, Trump Still Blames Biden

Thursday, October 15, 2026

President Donald Trump told an Arizona crowd Wednesday that President Joe Biden is to blame for inflation, hours after the government reported that consumer prices had climbed again -- with gas prices driving the increase.

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It's Biden's fault the orange diaper sniper bankrupted multiple casinos and is mentioned 38,000 times in the Trumpstein Files.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-10-15 12:53 AM | Reply

Producer prices see largest rise in four years

thehill.com

The necrotic------------------- is on another roll.

#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-10-15 11:24 AM | Reply

You fucking losers gave Obama credit for the economy in Trump's first term, then blamed the economy in Biden's term on Trump. Trump may be wrong on this but he's not doing anything the others haven't done.

#3 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-15 12:28 PM | Reply

" Trump may be wrong on this but he's not doing anything the others haven't done."

Not true.

Trump wanted a third stimulus 42% larger than Biden's.

Inflation would've been WORSE under Trump.

#4 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-10-15 12:33 PM | Reply

-Trump wanted

Almost
nearly
could've

OK raetard.

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-15 01:05 PM | Reply

"Almost
nearly
could've"

Wow

Now you've been reduced to fantasy. You have to pretend a newly re-elected Trump wouldn't have gotten his way.

You also have to pretend the inflation under Biden wouldn't have happened with a 42% larger stimulus.

That's MAJOR math moron territory!

Nice werk, Brownie!

#6 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-10-15 01:08 PM | Reply

-You have to pretend a newly re-elected Trump wouldn't have gotten his way.

And you're retarded, because Trump didn't get his way. Trump didn't serve as President from 2020-2024.

So, you're reduced to using a hypothetical to defend your opinion on the economy.

#7 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-15 01:13 PM | Reply

Almost
nearly
could've

It was close enough for them 120 Iranian school girls.

Raetard.

#8 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-10-15 01:14 PM | Reply

"you're retarded, because Trump didn't get his way"

That's what happens when you lose a Presidential election.

"you're reduced to using a hypothetical to defend your opinion on the economy."

What a riot.

Never took statistics, did you? No idea what a Macro Dial is, right?

#9 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-10-15 01:18 PM | Reply

-Never took statistics, did you?

I know enough to know, I pointed out that you clowns blamed Trump for Biden's economy and your response was "bUh TrUmP wAs GuNnA wAnT mOrE bAiLoUt mOnEy!!!!!"

It doesn't matter, anyone who would've President in 2020 was sunk politically. As states begin to shut down, the clock started ticking. Anyone who had half a brain would've tried to keep the wheels on the bus.

#10 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-15 01:33 PM | Reply

-It was close enough for them 120 Iranian school girls.

Then maybe stop putting military instillations right next to schools.

#11 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-15 01:34 PM | Reply

You realize we do that all the time, in fact have schools ON military bases.

#12 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-15 01:35 PM | Reply

"blamed Trump for Biden's economy"
...
"anyone who would've President in 2020 was sunk politically"

Hahaha!

So the blame for 2020 is because it was Biden's economy, but you're also saying Trump's 2020 economy... wouldn't have been any different.

Hahahahaha!!!

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-15 01:38 PM | Reply

"I know enough to know"

You just took the position a 42% higher stimulus wouldn't have resulted in higher inflation. That answer will get you flunked from an Econ 101 class.

But congrats...you're top of the class at Dunning-Kruger!

#14 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-10-15 01:40 PM | Reply

Then maybe stop putting military instillations right next to schools.
#11 | Posted by lfthndthrds

You realize we do that all the time, in fact have schools ON military bases.
#12 | Posted by truthhurts

ThAt'S dIfFeReNt!!!

#15 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-15 01:41 PM | Reply

"your response was "bUh TrUmP wAs GuNnA wAnT mOrE bAiLoUt mOnEy"

Yeah...getting MORE of something goosing inflation will only goose inflation more. Duh.

It's like you don't understand the basic concepts of greater than and lesser than.

#16 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-10-15 01:42 PM | Reply

"Half a brain."
#10 | Posted by lfthndthrds

#17 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-10-15 02:05 PM | Reply

Then maybe stop putting military instillations right next to schools.

#11 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Texas puts exploding chemical plants next to schools. Cause regulations against that would be communist.

#18 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-10-15 02:39 PM | Reply

ThAt'S dIfFeReNt!!!
#15 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

Of course it is, the base came first.

#19 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-10-15 02:41 PM | Reply

#10 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Actually most leaders who led their nation through early covid got re elected.

Trump was rejected because he fucked up so uniquely and badly.

#20 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-10-15 02:41 PM | Reply

Texas puts exploding chemical plants next to schools. Cause regulations against that would be communist.

I bet you the plants were there first.

#21 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-10-15 02:42 PM | Reply

Actually most leaders who led their nation through early covid got re elected.

Like Putin? Maduro? those leaders?

#22 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-10-15 02:42 PM | Reply

Of course it is, the base came first.

#19 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Duh? Most bases were located on cheap land and the cities grew up around them. That does not justify mass murder of civilians.

Large bases function like small cities. They attract tens of thousands of service members, their families, defense contractors, and civilian workers.

We know this.

As I understand it this particular military action was based on a faulty decision by AI based on out of date information.

#23 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-10-15 02:55 PM | Reply

Texas puts exploding chemical plants next to schools. Cause regulations against that would be communist.

I bet you the plants were there first.

#21 | Posted by oneironaut

Oh then texas puts schools next to exploding chemical plants. Much smarter.

#24 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-10-15 02:58 PM | Reply

"I bet you the plants were there first."

Speakstupid mispoke.

Either he meant Fertilizer plant or he meant California.

Here is a chemical plant in Orange County California that experienced a leak.....

en.wikipedia.org

At the time of the chemical leak, the facility employed at least 540 people, according to a 2024 news release, and an expansion for a new production line was scheduled to be completed in January 2027.[5] Garden Grove city officials issued a permit for a 34,000-square-foot (3,200 m2) expansion of the facility on May 19, 2026, days before the incident. On its website, GKN Aerospace cited increasing demand for the F-35 fighter jet as the reason for expansion.[6]

There are those shitty Texas regulations at work.......

#25 | Posted by eberly at 2026-10-15 02:59 PM | Reply

Actually most leaders who led their nation through early covid got re elected.

Like Putin? Maduro? those leaders?

#22 | Posted by oneironaut

Here you go stupid:

Jacinda Ardern (New Zealand) " Implemented an early "zero-COVID" elimination strategy; won a historic landslide re-election in October 2020.
Justin Trudeau (Canada) " Oversaw early national border closures and major economic aid; won re-election in September 2021.
Emmanuel Macron (France) " Implemented nationwide lockdowns and economic relief programs; won re-election in April 2022.
Antnio Costa (Portugal) " Led early European containment efforts and vaccination rollouts; won an absolute majority re-election in January 2022.
Mark Rutte (Netherlands) " Directed the Dutch "intelligent lockdown" policy; secured re-election in March 2021.
Andrej Plenkovi (Croatia) " Managed early containment restrictions in spring 2020; won re-election in July 2020.
Andrew Holness (Jamaica) " Executed early travel restrictions and curfews; won re-election in September 2020.

(Note: South Korea's Moon Jae-in could not run again due to term limits, but his ruling party won a massive parliamentary landslide in April 2020 based on their pandemic response.)

#26 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-10-15 03:00 PM | Reply

Is someone making the argument Hillary Clinton would have been re-elected if she won?

She would have been slaughtered, IMO.

but not because it was her fault....but because the American people would have blamed her no matter what good she did.

#27 | Posted by eberly at 2026-10-15 03:03 PM | Reply