Donald Trump's handling of COVID-19 caused the inflation that followed in the second year of the Biden administration.
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The MeidasTouch PodcastSep 15, 2026
The sources show inflation peaked in June 2022, within Biden's second year, so the timing holds. They attribute the surge mainly to the pandemic, supply disruptions, energy prices and the Ukraine war, and they say pandemic-era relief from both Trump and Biden likely contributed.
What was said
… You can be like, "Well, under Biden, the inflation was this." Okay, sure, in the second year. That's like that's where did it end? What do you think caused it in the second year? You think it was just all of a sudden Biden, or you think maybe it was Trump's disastrous COVID, ah, uh, handling of things that led to the issues that naturally follow when you do things horribly? But in any event, Biden's out, Biden lost, Kamal lost. You know, that's what happened. Okay, Trump promised he would fix it. He made it worse. That's the objective reality. …
The MeidasTouch Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. CNBC quotes Moody's chief economist Mark Zandi saying neither Trump nor Biden is to blame and that the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war are the main causes.[4]
Supports. Inflation peaked around 9.1% in June 2022, during the second year of Biden's term, and the timing matches the claim.[1][5][6]
Supports. Economists say pandemic-era fiscal relief from both the Trump CARES Act and Biden's American Rescue Plan likely contributed to inflation.[4][7]
Context. Federal Reserve and CRS analyses attribute the surge to pandemic-driven supply and demand imbalances and the policy response overall, not to Trump's handling specifically.[2][3][6]
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary, 3 not rated, 1 tier 2
- 1Are Prices Up or Down? Parsing Misleading Claims by Trump and Democrats - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2The Federal Reserve's responses to the post-Covid period ...federalreserve.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3U.S. Economic Recovery in the Wake of COVID19: Successes and ...congress.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4High inflation is largely not Biden's or Trump's fault, ...cnbc.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 5Trump acknowledges 'inflation is back' but blames Bidencnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6Presidents get blamed for the economy. A new report argues Trump actually deserves it.kshb.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 7The Middle Truth in the Inflation Muddle - NCAER | Quality . Relevance . Impactncaer.org · not rated · cited for: supports
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