Exclusive | Trump tells Post why he said ‘I love the inflation’ — and predicts 4.2% rate will be Iran war peak

Nypost · 🇮🇷 public Iran · Jun 10, 2026 · 1214 words · By Steven Nelson

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Politics exclusive Trump tells Post why he said ‘I love the inflation’ — and predicts 4.2% rate will be Iran war peak See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Politics exclusive Trump tells Post why he said ‘I love the inflation’ — and predicts 4.2% rate will be Iran war peak See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleWASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post on Wednesday that he was taken out of context as he faced an outpouring of scorn for telling reporters in the Oval Office that “I love the inflation” — after consumer costs spiked in…

Common ground

Trump said in a phone interview shortly after the remark that he actually loved the fact that inflation wasn’t higher — and predicted that last month’s 4.2% annual rate will be the peak.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “We hit the highest stock market in history, highest 401(k)s in history”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found in the provided search results to verify the status of the stock market or 401(k)s relative to February 28.

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Claim 2: “annual inflation jumping from 3.8% in April to 4.2% in May”

CORROBORATED

The claim is confirmed by a cross-reference from CNBC and multiple web search results stating inflation rose from 3.8% in April to 4.2% in May 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2026 ... The consumer price index rose at a seasonally adjusted 0.5% for the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 4.2%, both in line with ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/10/cpi-inflation-report-may-202…

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web search NEUTRAL — The month-over-month change in the CPI was slightly cooler in May than in April. Prices rose 0.5% in May from the month before, slowing slightly from 0.6% in ...
https://www.wsj.com/economy/cpi-inflation-report-may-2026-60…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 9, 2026 ... The Consumer Price Index is forecast to have risen last month at an annual rate of 4.2%, up from 3.8% in April, according to economists polled ...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/inflation-rate-cpi-2026-may-rep…

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Claim 3: “last month’s 4.2% annual rate will be the peak”

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Web search results confirm that the annual inflation rate was 4.2% in May 2026 and subsequently fell to 3.5% in June 2026, supporting the claim that May was the peak.

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web search NEUTRAL — Data from earlier in the day showed prices had increased sharply over the past several months, rising at an annual rate of 3.3% in March before going up to 3.8% in April. In February, before the confl…
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jun/10/inflation-r…

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web search NEUTRAL — The annual inflation rate in the US fell to 3.5% in June 2026, the first decline in five months, compared to 4.2% in May and below forecasts of 3.8%.
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/inflation-cpi

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web search NEUTRAL — Consumer sentiment June 2026 climbed to 48.9 — a 9% rebound from May’s all-time low — as falling gas prices gave households some relief. But long-run inflation expectations at 3.4% remain above the.
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/318407/20260615/consumer-…

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Claim 4: “the US had “the best economy we’ve ever had” before he decided to launch Operation Epic Fury toward Iran Feb. 28”

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The claim mentions 'Operation Epic Fury' on Feb 28. Wikipedia evidence shows that the conflict began on Feb 28 (Strait of Hormuz crisis), but the only listed operation is 'Operation Project Freedom' (launched May 4). There is no record of an 'Operation Epic Fury' in the provided evidence; the evidence for 'Phantom Fury' refers to 2004.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Second Battle of Fallujah, initially codenamed Operation Phantom Fury, Operation al-Fajr (Arabic: الفجر, lit. 'The Dawn') was an American-led offensive of the Iraq War that began on 7 November 200…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Operation Project Freedom is a United States military operation launched on 4 May 2026 to escort merchant ships, in response to Iranian attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The operation was t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Project_Freedom

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ovda Airbase (Hebrew: בסיס עובדה, English: fact) is an Israeli Air Force (IAF) base, located in the very south of Israel, around 40 kilometers north of Eilat, in a large plain of the southern Negev de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovda_Airbase

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Claim 5: “That is why oil is $85 a barrel”

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Multiple sources confirm oil prices surged beyond $85 a barrel in July 2026 due to the escalating US-Iran conflict and the blockade/restoration of the Strait of Hormuz.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the attacks by the United States and Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz

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Claim 6: “Inflation peaked under Biden at 9.1% in June 2022”

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While the evidence confirms Joe Biden was president and provides general inflation definitions, none of the provided search results or Wikipedia snippets confirm a specific peak of 9.1% in June 2022.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joe Biden was 78 years, 2 months of age when he took office as the president of the United States on January 20, 2021. At the time, he became both the oldest person to be inaugurated as U.S. president…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_and_health_concerns_about_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American former politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Richard Alan "Dick" Sauber is an American attorney who has served as special counsel for President Joe Biden since 2022. He previously served as general counsel at the United States Department of Vete…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sauber

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Claim 7: “consumer costs spiked in May due to the Iran war”

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Multiple sources link the 2026 Iran war to economic impacts, specifically citing the largest ever supply disruption of the global oil market and costs to taxpayers, which aligns with the claim that consumer costs spiked due to the conflict.

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web search NEUTRAL — The war has resulted in thousands of civilian and military casualties. The economic impact of the war included the largest ever supply disruption of the global oil market, disruptions of the natural g…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

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web search NEUTRAL — That cut into what had been an increase in personal income in January. And the government found that the economy grew more slowly in the final three months of 2025 than it had initially estimated. The…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/business/economy/trump-ec…

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web search NEUTRAL — The war in Iran cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $113.3 billion over 108 days, based on the Pentagon's briefing to Congress. The count, preserved.
https://iran-cost-ticker.com/

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Claim 8: “Trump on Tuesday resuming airstrikes in response to the shooting down of an Army Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz”

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NPR, BBC, and other news reports confirm that President Trump launched retaliatory airstrikes following the downing of a US Army Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz in June 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Trump Always Chickens Out" (TACO) is a pejorative description of the perceived tendency of United States president Donald Trump to make threats, only to later delay or renege on them as a way to incr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out

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Claim 9: “and had cooled to 2.4% in February before the war”

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Three independent sources (AOL, The Guardian, and a Labor Department report) explicitly state that the inflation rate was 2.4% in February prior to the conflict.

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web search NEUTRAL — In February, prior to the U.S. initiating airstrikes on Iran, inflation stood at 2.4%. Trump asserted that inflation would "come down like a rock" once the conflict concluded.
https://xeber.world/en/article/i-love-inflation-trump-says-a…

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web search NEUTRAL — Annual inflation held steady in February. But the question on everybody’s mind is what comes next. Consumer prices rose 2.4% in February from a year earlier, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/inflation-held-steady-2-4-123…

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web search NEUTRAL — The inflation rate was 2.4% in February, new consumer price index data showed. The Fed can use this and other inflation indicators to make its interest rate decision next week.
https://www.aol.com/articles/inflation-held-steady-february-…

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Claim 10: “we’ve been taking out millions of barrels of oil... We took out, the other night, 22 ships late at night”

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The evidence shows that President Trump *claimed* a secret mission involving 100 million barrels and 200 ships, but the sources report this as a claim made by Trump rather than a verified fact. The '22 ships' mentioned in the claim differs from the '200 ships' mentioned in the reports.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. Route 22 (US 22) is a major east–west route and one of the original United States Numbered Highways, founded in 1926. It runs from Cincinnati, Ohio, at US 27, US 42, US 127, and US 52 to Newark, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_22

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. Route 22 (US 22) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway that stretches from Cincinnati, Ohio, in the west, to Newark, New Jersey, in the east. In Pennsylvania, the route runs for 338.20 m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_22_in_Pennsylvania

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The US Yachts US 22 is a recreational keelboat first built in 1979 by Bayliner and it is now out of production. The US 22 design was later developed into the Triton 22 and built by Pearson Yachts sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Yachts_US_22

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