"In the Politico interview, Trump said: I inherited a mess. I inherited a total mess. Prices were at an all-time high when I came in. He also told Politico: If you think of gasoline a gallon, they had it at $4.50, almost $5.00. You go to some of the states, you had it at $6.00. We hit, uh, three states two days ago, $1.99 a gallon."
"Philadelphia-based nonprofit Factcheck.org wrote in January this year that while inflation did rise under Biden, Trump did not, in fact, inherit the worst inflation in history. The annualised inflation rate was below 3 percent during the six months before Trump took office in his second term. The organisation explained the rise in inflation under Biden was partly down to the economic damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Factcheck.org, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose from 5.4 percent to 9.1 percent."
Donald Trump claimed during a White House interview and a Pennsylvania rally that he had inherited the worst inflation in U.S. history, described gasoline reaching $4.50–$6.00 per gallon, and said some states recently had $1.99 gas. He accused Venezuelan drug gangs and questioned Ilhan Omar's immigration status. Factcheck.org reported that while inflation rose under Biden, Trump did not inherit the worst inflation ever. The annualised inflation rate was below 3 percent in the six months before Trump took office in his second term. The CPI rose from 5.4 percent to 9.1 percent.
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