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Trump tweets from Saudi Arabia, but not about Saudi Arabia [1]
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Date: 2025-05-13
Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia with an escort of six Saudi F-15s, three on each side for the last half hour of the flight.
The Saudis literally rolled out the red carpet for Trump in this picture. But reporting has it as lavender. Apparently this picture was color corrected without affecting everything else:
Hours later, after greetings and meetings, Trump took to Truth Social to show us what he really had on his mind. Federal Reserve interest rates.
"No inflation, prices of Gasoline, Energy, Groceries, and practically everything else are DOWN!!!"
The inflation rate for April was 2.3%. Still above the Fed's target of 2%. Gas prices are higher than when Trump took office. Grocery prices were up 0.49% in March, and electricity prices are up. People are holding their breath to see what the tariffs do.
Inflation is going to spike in a matter of weeks. Thanks to tariffs, prices of everything are going to go up.
"The Fed must lower the RATE, like Europe and China have done."
Economists and the Fed see a recession coming. Not if, but when. The tariffs are the source of it all. When a recession hits, the Fed typically lowers interest rates to spur increased development and spending. This one created by the tariffs is different. The Fed is in uncharted territory.
"Not fair to America, which is ready to blossom?"
Not sure what the question mark is for. The blossom is not that of a flower, but like a cluster bomb, where munitions are dispersed over a large area, killing a lot more people. That's what Trump is doing to the economy. He doesn't care, because if he gets a $400m plane for free, everybody else must be doing great, right?
"Just let it all happen, it will be a beautiful thing."
Trump has called a lot of things beautiful. The last was "beautiful, clean coal." He said the exact same thing in 2017. That's not all. Politico compiled a list of 35 strange things Trump has called beautiful.
Donald thinks that if he can grift off his presidency, the rest of the United States must be doing well, too. The Federal Reserve is thankfully not under Trump's control. He wants to change that, but it won't happen. We would all like to see interest rates drop, but the time is not right. Europe and China do not have a madman running the show. Their goods trade didn't suddenly cost 10% more on up.
Trump also had to let us know he had a pre-taped interview with Sean Hannity on at 9pm.
To round things out:
Maybe for you Donald. The rest of us just wish you'd stay there forever and never come back.
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