Presidential Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin Discusses Trump Policy
For months—no, years—Democrats, corporate media, and their rent-a-crowd of “experts” told the American people that President Trump’s aggressive trade agenda, particularly his unapologetic use of tariffs, would send prices soaring. It was a certainty, they said. A doomsday prophecy. Tariffs, we were told, were a blunt instrument that would punish the working class and jack up the cost of living.
Well, here we are. Consumer prices fell in March.
That’s not a typo. That’s not spin. That’s the data. The Consumer Price Index dropped by 0.1%, marking the first monthly decline in nearly three years—since before Joe Biden lit the inflation match in the first place. And it’s only the second drop since Biden's inflationary spiral began driving families into the financial ditch.
So what changed? Simple: Donald J. Trump is back in the White House.
The experts—those same ones who swore up and down that inflation would be “transitory,” that energy costs couldn’t be reined in, and that prices would “level off but never fall”—have egg all over their spreadsheets. And this time, not the overpriced kind.
And let’s be crystal clear: the very people now left speechless were the ones who mocked Trump on the campaign trail when he said, “Starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again.” They laughed. But they’re not laughing now.
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Overall CPI: Down 0.1%
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Energy: Down 2.4%, with gas prices down 6.3%
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Core inflation: Up just 0.1%—the smallest jump since Trump’s first term
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Used cars, airfare, car insurance: All down
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Smartphones: Down 1.1%
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Core goods: Down
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Core services: Up by the smallest amount since August 2021
This wasn’t supposed to happen, remember? Not under the “reckless” tariffs. Not with Trump at the helm, according to the very same folks who drove the Biden-era inflation train off the cliff.
"I feel like I wake up every day worrying about what new executive order is going to come out because individually they're really adding up to some cumulative attack on really the nature of history itself." https://t.co/V3hsdRbnxJ
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 11, 2025
But wait, what about food prices? Yes, groceries and dining out edged up—but here’s the truth: those pressures were already baked into the system during Biden’s years of overspending and printing money like confetti. Trump’s team is just beginning to mop up the mess, and it’s working.