Trump vowed to tackle inflation, but this post is fabricated | Fact check
The claim: Image shows Trump post saying he'd lower egg, gas prices on 'day one'
A Feb. 12 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows what appears to be a screenshot of a Truth Social post that President Donald Trump shared in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.
"EGGS & GAS PRICES – OUT OF CONTROL!!!" reads the supposed Trump post, which has a timestamp of Oct. 26, 2024. "Crooked Joe and the radical left DESTROYED affordability for hardworking Americans. It's a TOTAL SCAM! On DAY ONE, I'll SLASH prices – so fast it'll make their heads spin. Big Oil? Big Farms? They'll listen to ME, not lobbyists. NO MORE RIPOFFS!!! MAGA!!!"
The Facebook post's caption reads, "'On DAY ONE, I’ll SLASH prices' turned into 'On DAY 22, it’s Biden’s FAULT!'"
The post was shared more than 1,100 times in a week.
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The image is a fabrication. There is no record of the post on Trump's Truth Social profile.
Trump promised to lower costs, but the image is a fabrication
Trump repeatedly vowed to address living costs during the 2024 presidential campaign. In an August 2024 speech in Montana, he said, "Starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again." He again promised to "end inflation" while stumping in Pennsylvania in September 2024.
On Feb. 12, the same day the Labor Department released data showing inflation accelerated in January, Trump sought to blame his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, for the rise in prices. He posted on Truth Social, "BIDEN INFLATION UP!"
The Facebook post tries to contrast Trump's campaign pledge to immediately improve the economy with his attempt to distance himself from unfavorable economic news now that he's back in the White House. However, Trump did not make the Truth Social post promising to tame food and energy prices on his first day in office. The image is a fabrication.
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The post does not appear on Trump's Truth Social profile or on Trump's Truth, a continuously updated and searchable archive of Trump's Truth Social posts. Nor has any credible news report featured the purported Truth Social post as legitimate.
Paste BN has debunked an array of social media claims involving Trump, including fabricated images claiming to show Trump's private medical records from a July 2024 assassination attempt, a Trump post blaming the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl loss on "DEI nonsense," and a post from famed journalist Bob Woodward mocking the president.
Paste BN reached out to the Facebook user who shared the post for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Snopes also debunked the claim.
Our fact-check sources
- Donald Trump, accessed Feb. 17, Truth Social profile
- Trump's Truth, accessed Feb. 17, Search
- Donald Trump, Feb. 12, Truth Social post
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