Donald Trump's son responds after Biden claims he inherited 9% inflation when he came into office
Fox News
Eric Trump swiped President Biden after the Democrat claimed he inherited 9% inflation when he took office in January 2021. His claim is factually wrong as inflation was 1.4% at the time.
Biden’s factually incorrect claim came during a rare interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett on Wednesday evening, when he was asked about low consumer confidence about the economy, including housing costs going up, real income adjusted for inflation going down, and weak economic growth since Biden took office.
"No president has had the run we’ve had in terms of creating jobs and bringing down inflation. It was 9% when I came to office — 9%," the 81-year-old president said on Wednesday, when inflation was just 1.4% when he came into office in Jan. 2021. It grew to 9.1% in June 2022, 17 months later.