Trump tells Post why he said 'I love the inflation' — and predicts 4.2% rate will be Iran war peak
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President Trump told The Post on Wednesday that he was taken out of context as he faced an outpouring of scorn for telling reporters in the Oval Office that "I love the inflation" — after consumer costs spiked in May due to the Iran war.
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