Rattner Destroys Trump’s False Claims About Inflation, Tariffs, and Drug Prices

by Egberto Willies

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Saturday, Dec. 06, 2025 Saturday, Dec. 06, 2025 at 7:54:32am PST

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Steve Rattner dismantles Trump’s lies about inflation, tariffs, and healthcare, exposing the economic fiction behind his political messaging.

Rattner Destroys Trump

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Rattner methodically dismantles Trump’s false claims about inheriting “the worst inflation in history,” stopping inflation “in its tracks,” funding government through tariffs, and reducing drug prices by fantastical percentages. By grounding the conversation in historical data, economic reality, and simple arithmetic, Rattner demonstrates how Trump’s rhetoric operates as a deliberate distortion machine that relies on media passivity and public exhaustion. The analysis reveals a predictable throughline: Trump’s messaging exists to obscure policy failures, protect corporate power, and deflect responsibility for an affordability crisis that his own economic agenda worsened.

Trump falsely claimed inflation was at historic highs when he took office; Rattner shows it wasn’t.
Rattner reveals that Trump’s tariff “refund” claims are mathematically impossible.
Trump’s assurances that inflation stopped under his presidency contradict actual data.
Trump’s claims about Obamacare enriching insurers and slashing drug prices collapse under scrutiny.
Rattner exposes Trump’s inability—or unwillingness—to grasp basic sixth-grade math.

Rattner’s breakdown reinforces what progressives have argued for years: when political power rests on misinformation, democracy falters. By exposing these lies, fact-driven media can reclaim narrative control and challenge a system built to protect billionaires, extractive corporations, and demagogues who rely on public confusion to advance destructive policies.

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