Inflation: The Silent Tax That Never Went Away Let’s make one thing brutally clear—when politicians claim inflation is “cooling,” they’re not saying prices are falling. They’re just saying the pain is increasing slightly less quickly. Meanwhile, your cost of living has exploded. That’s not relief—it’s slow suffocation. Trump, back in the Oval Office, now insists “groceries are down” and “we have no inflation.” That’s not just wrong—it’s delusional. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, grocery prices have continued to climb since he took office again. Americans are still paying the compounding price of inflation baked in between 2021 and 2024—and now in 2025, nothing has reversed. If anything, it’s getting worse. CNN’s own data confirms it: the average household…

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