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Trump Math. He claims that a 2.7% inflation rate means prices are falling
https://meidasnews.com/news/trumps-price-decline-claim-slapped-with-community-noteAn account that republishes Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts was hit with a Community Note after sharing Trump’s graphic post claiming that inflation “dropped to an average of just 2.7%” under Trump and represented “the first overall price decline since 2020.”
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The note pointed out that an inflation rate of 2.7% is still rising prices, not a decline. Prices only fall when inflation drops below zero.
The correction effectively serves as a fact-check on Trump’s original post, since the commentary account uploads his content verbatim.
The image used in the post compared Biden’s average inflation rate to Trump’s and was framed to suggest Trump had overseen deflation. X’s Community Notes system flagged the claim as misleading, citing basic inflation definitions.
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The note pointed out that an inflation rate of 2.7% is still rising prices, not a decline. Prices only fall when inflation drops below zero.
The correction effectively serves as a fact-check on Trump’s original post, since the commentary account uploads his content verbatim.
The image used in the post compared Biden’s average inflation rate to Trump’s and was framed to suggest Trump had overseen deflation. X’s Community Notes system flagged the claim as misleading, citing basic inflation definitions.
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