”There’s so much that’s going in the right direction. There’s so much that I’m proud of. Absolutely, we need to get more done, which is why you need to give us two more years to get great results for the American people,” he added.

Republicans appear on track to be swept in historic fashion if midterm polling continues to trend in the direction it’s been trending for six months for just another 30 days. The war with Iran is massively unpopular with voters, and the high gas and diesel prices caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz for months have caused a ripple effect across the U.S. economy, driving up prices in other areas.

Adding to the complications for the White House has been its inconsistent promises of ending the war: The president and his aides have all said at various times that the war was weeks, even days away from ending, only for hostilities to repeatedly resume. Hostilities resumed in August and the two sides continue to trade attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. Little progress towards a peace agreement has been evident since then.

The vice president deployed his comparatively eloquent message to Fox News as Donald Trump completed a two-state swing of the southwest, visiting Texas and Oklahoma. The president spoke in Denton, Texas on Thursday and complained that the media was not doing enough to get the word out for his administration, and repeated a claim that his White House was achieving the “best numbers” of any president in history.

"We have the greatest numbers of any president in the history of our country, and I can't get the word out,” the president said. “The only thing we’re doing bad at is public relations.”

He also attacked Democrats for their calls for his administration to address the affordability crisis that economists say is directly linked to fuel price spikes from the war against Iran, calling those affordability concerns “bull***t” and once again insinuating that Democrats made up the word “affordability” to hurt his political brand.

“They say, ‘yes, but affordability?’ And everyone thinks that the prices are high because of me, but they're not. We're the ones bringing down the prices. I just hope you can know. The one good thing about [the president’s critics] is, they have a great line of bull***t,” said Trump.

“You know, they came up with the word affordability. So from day one, they said, ‘what about your prices?!’ And then they came up-- you know, they always come up with these words.”

Trump’s presence in Texas was his second visit to the state in a month aimed at saving the campaign of Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general. Paxton trailed his Democratic opponent in the state’s high-profile Senate race, James Talarico, 51 percent to 49 percent in a Fox News poll this week. He has consistently trailed Talarico since winning the primary; a Democrat has not won statewide in Texas since the 1990s.

Republican candidates in other states are faring badly as well, and a forecast from poll monitor FiftyPlusOne puts Democrats with seven in ten odds of winning the Senate in November, putting the final projection of Democratic seats at 52.

GOP candidates in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Florida and Alaska are all playing defense as polling has trended against them over the summer with the resumption of hostilities against Iran.

This is a good message to send before midterms.

>>1540702
>“But the challenge here is between Democrats who want to destroy the country, who want to permanently disempower you, make it so even if you vote Republican your vote doesn’t actually count anymore. And Republicans, who fundamentally are trying to solve the problems that Democrats under Joe Biden created. That is the choice.”
Projection is the only fucking card these fascist freaks have.

>>1540702
Liggerals aren't human, thus not Americans.

>>1540710
Good post.

>>1540711
Do you have a credible, mainstream source to back that claim up?

>>1540713
the shill handler who told ESL Shill they were better than libs didn't laugh in their face, they laughed about something completely unrelated as they left

>>1540711
Actually it's pedophiles like you who aren't human and aren't American, ESL shill forcing the "liggeral" catchphrase.
Source: the disgusting pedophilic >>1539420 post

>>1540713
Posting in a non-credible source thread!!!

>>1540702
Good article, but too many reddit frog OPs in /news/

>>1540702
He’s right you know. After all this is Biden’s economy and Biden’s Iran war

>>1540702
>He also attacked Democrats for their calls for his administration to address the affordability crisis that economists say is directly linked to fuel price spikes from the war against Iran, calling those affordability concerns “bull***t” and once again insinuating that Democrats made up the word “affordability” to hurt his political brand.
This. The #1 issue true Amerivan patriots are facing is the tranny menace. Frivoulous things like gas prices and unemployment pale in comparison, and the GOP knowing this is why they'll win in November.

>true Amerivan patriots

I have to wonder what Vance's angle even is at this point.

>>1540809
Scare you into voting for Dear Leader with "what about"

>>1540809
he's trying to secure his position as the 2028 candidate

>>1540702
Lots of little things tend to add up into a very fucking big problem. That's why it's called a fucking Cost Of Living Crisis.

>>1540710
Every single accusation is a confession. All these things are things we can see the GOP doing right now. There are articles and proof that says as such.

>>1540702
lol - What “successes”?!?

Midterms will be a slaughter

>>1540863
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
>>1540749
>Twenty-one percent of voters approve of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job, while 70 percent disapprove.

>>1540868
I don't have to. The economy speaks for itself.

>>1540873
https://i.imgur.com/cCgEfoN.jpeg
It did in 2022 as well. It's not like the Republicans were able to dominate the house and senate because the biden economy spoke for itself with 9% inflation. Biden didn't get successfully impeached after the midterms because his economy was in the tank.
And compared to 2022, the american economy is doing great

>>1540875
...And the memoryholing of Trump's pandemic fuckups continues.

>>1540884
If the inflation rate in 2022 is actually Trump's fault even though he was president back in 2020, does that mean the inflation rate in 2026 is actually biden's fault even though he was president back in 2024?

>>1540885
Do you remember when Trump gave out autopen signed checks, or are you 5 years old?

>>1540884
>Economists tie the inflation directly to Biden's stimulus
>Some faggot dickweed on the Internet blames orange shitler for it
Pottery. There's no reasoning with liggerals. Once they go stinky they never go back.

>>1540875
Money printer devaluing currency. Think hard kid.

>>1540893
If the money printer was devaluing the currency why was inflation flat during 2020? Do you think maybe Biden was printing & spending more money, which is why his inflation rate was higher?
https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/one-year-later-even-president-biden-admits-the-inflation-reduction-act-failed-to-lower-costs-for-americans
Democrats have admitted they pushed through policy they wanted in the "Green New Deal" through Bidens "Inflation reduction act". I think Biden was printing and spending more money which is why the inflation rate was so much higher when he handled the pandemic 2021-2023 compared to when Trump handled it during January to December 2020

>>1540924
Why did Trump have rock bottom inflation while Biden had sky high inflation if Trump caused the inflation?

>>1540923
It's not instant, kid.

>>1540888
Gee I wonder why Biden had to pass an inflation reduction act in the first three months of his presidency.
(protip: it was because of Trump's pandemic fuckups)

>>1540932
Where do you people get this shit from?

>>1540959
Because Biden caused so much fucking inflation in the first 3 months with the American Rescue Act in 2021, then passed the inflation reduction act in 2023.

>>1540960
Dang quick IP change. You phone posting?

>>1540960
Here is where I got it from
https://i.imgur.com/UWKLFLk.png
You can compare it yourself.
https://cpiinflationcalculator.com/2020-cpi-and-inflation-rate-for-the-united-states/
https://cpiinflationcalculator.com/2021-cpi-and-inflation-rate-for-the-united-states/
Q2 seems to have the most discrepancy.
April 0.3% April 4.2%
May 0.1% May 5.0%
June 0.6% June 5.4%

The beautiful irony of ragging on Biden for printing money when that’s something Trump keeps suggesting to solve the national debt.

>>1540983
>Proven wrong, dumpster faggot reverts to his Alinsky tactics.
Interestingly stinky.

>>1540983
yeah it's funny comparing about what biden actually did and what the consequences were for the country and comparing it to things Trump talked about and didn't do which resulted in no consequences.

>>1540978
I don’t understand. Inflation is higher now and Trump blames it on Biden almost 2 years into his presidency, so why is 2 years into Bidens presidency not trumps fault?

Was Biden lying then and Trump is lying now? Or was it not bidens fault then and not Trump’s fault now?

Those are the only 2 options in your scenario. Which point was inflation Trump’s fault?

>>1540994
>Higher now
Higher than what?

>>1540989
>Trump talked about and didn't do
Trump approved $3.1 trillion in COVID stimulus. Shut the fuck up forever. Republicans print more than Dems and do everything in their power to cut tax revenue while they're at it.

>>1540702
French Revolution moment but this time nothing will happen.

>>1540868
>We put the Democrats in a position where they have no ability to push policy or shut down Republican shithousery in any level of the government, why are they performing badly?

>>1540999
CARES act was 2.2 trillion.
Let's see how the market reacted.
https://i.imgur.com/UWKLFLk.png
April 0.3%
May 0.1%
June 0.6%
So after the 2.2 trillion was printed and markets had a chance to react, their reaction was to raise prices at the rates of 0.3% 0.1% 0.6%

>>1541006
Inflation was up because of the pandemic then. Why is inflation up now?

>>1540997
Higher then when Trump took office, Trump has increased inflation numbers despite promising and making his entire campaign about bringing down prices.

Now he blames Biden 2 years into his administration. But you are saying it is unfair to blame Trump for the inflation during the pandemic that he caused with his disastrous response to the pandemic.

So is it unfair to blame Trump for the inflation during Biden administration during the pandemic? And therefore unfair to blame Biden for the inflation now?

Of is it fair to blame Biden for the inflation during his administration and fair to blame Trump for the inflation now.

Those are the only 2 scenarios which one is it?

>>1541008
>Higher then when Trump took office,
So? What in the fuck does this have to do with anything?\
Are you on flicking crack? Or is this that shit where you pretend (hopefully) to be retarded and not understand?

>>1541015
It's the shit where you are retarded and don't understand, that's why you're the one confused here you fucking brainlet, coordination your two neurons to rub together.

>>1541026
Aha, so you're saying that hyper inflation raising prices is OK, because inflation was down in the end.
And this isn't a fucking retarded statement because?

>>1541027
No, what you just said was a retarded statement; you are a retard, no argument from me there.

>>1541032
The problem is pointing to inflation being low when Biden exited office is ridiculous unless there was 10% deflation at some point.
The damage was done. You're a fag.

>>1541008
I really don't get it
You say inflation was high because of the pandemic, but Trump and Biden were both were dealing with the pandemic.
>>1540978
In April May June of 2020, the pandemic was an issue.
In April May June of 2021 when Biden was President the pandemic was an issue
The difference was/is when Trump was dealing with COVID in April the inflation was 0.3% and when Biden was feeling with COVID in April the inflation was 4.2%.
You can make the same comparison for May and June, and notice the same discrepancy between Biden & Trump's inflation rate

>>1541036
>You say inflation was high because of the pandemic, but Trump and Biden were both were dealing with the pandemic.
Right, so Biden ended up dealing with the results of both his AND Trump's inflationary policies.

This isn't difficult.

>>1541038
Trump's inflationary policies that lead to increases in inflation of 0.3%, 0.1% and 0.6% after Congress generated & he signed off on 2.2 trillion dollars.
While under Bidens management in April he dealt with 4.2% inflation, in May he had 5% inflation, and in June he had 5.4%.

>>1541036
>>1541038
Also
>inb4 so Trump is dealing with Trump and Biden's inflationary policies
Biden's COVID relief was early in his administration. The effects had already been realized.

Remember inflation under Biden peaked by June 2022 and that was drawn out by spending continued under Biden. There was no massive public spending initiative in late 2024. The last major stimulus package under Biden was in March 2021. Even if there were some magical Biden program enacted the day he left office, we should have seen it's peak effect by June of this year.

>>1541041
>Trump's inflationary policies that lead to increases in inflation of 0.3%, 0.1% and 0.6% after Congress generated & he signed off on 2.2 trillion dollars.
Inflation from Trump dumping trillions of dollars into the economy didn't magically turn off when Biden assumed office.

If you can't explain how a policy caused inflation, you need to shut the fuck up. As is you either don't know what causes inflation or think Dems dumping money into the economy causes inflation but Republicans doing it doesn't, which is just delusional.

>>1541044
But it didn't seem to cause inflation.
Do you remember how in 2007/2008 there a financial crisis. And the government spent trillions in bailouts. When did we start experiencing the inflation caused by the trillions in TARP loans and government spending.
Did we experience a massive inflation spike in 2009? 2010? 2011? 2012? 2013? 2014? 2015? 2016?
Because it seems like trillions were spent in reaction to the 2008 financial crisis, and Inflation was never "turned on" after the crisis, which meant it never needed to be "turned off". Even though according to your logic we should have had massive inflation guaranteed because of the massive amounts of money spent in reaction to the financial crisis.

>>1540708
>>1540850
democrats are uneducated losers who rely on feels not facts.
>>1540863
yes and texas will flip blue in 2024

>>1541047
Texas doesn't have to, it's going to be a slaughter.

>>1541048
I hope not. I'm exhausted of Democrats causing economic pain, then obfuscating that it was due directly to their policies and blame shifting.
Too bad voters are propagandized by billionaires to keep them on plantation constantly.

>>1541048
indeed cali will flip red

>>1541049
Well, a least we're not promising to actually fix anything.

>>1541046
The TARP loans were paid back. With interest. Why the fuck would it cause inflation? God, you're a fuckwit.

>>1541051
esl shill's just shitting their pants and blaming it on dems
don't indulge their mental illness

>>1541046
2008 bailout wasn't really a lot of direct financial payments to banks. The bulk of the money changing hands was done as part of asset buyback and QE over the period of a decade plus. Instead of a single money supply shock, the FED spread it out.

The Trump bailout was mostly direct payments. It was Trump checks and direct PPP loans to businesses. TARP didn't impact the money supply - Trump QUADRUPLED the M1 money supply in 1 month.

>>1541046
>And the government spent trillions in bailouts.
The bailouts were loans. Those banks eventually payed back what they owed to the federal government plus interest.
>Even though according to your logic we should have had massive inflation guaranteed because of the massive amounts of money spent in reaction to the financial crisis.
Inflation also depends on monetary velocity; the rate at which money is spent.
COVID stimulus checks didn't cause mass amounts of inflation immediately because the vast majority of the people who received that money saved it in the bank. It was made worse by people who got shitcanned and stayed at home collecting unemployment checks.
Once the lockdowns lifted an people began spending money again, the lack of consumer goods coupled with the excess amount of liquidity in the market created loadsa inflation.

ITT:Liberals explain why Obama bailed out banks, and why Trump bailed out depositors

>>1541049
Oh right, was it the Biden administration who caved to the oven dodgers and attacked Iran causing a massive disruption in global oil shipments and production? Or the Biden administration who decided to enact tariffs and raise the cost of imported goods?

No, it was orange man and his ilk who did. Stop acting stupid and read the facts. The cost of everything is up and we know why. The oven dodgers have dirt and blackmail on orange man and they are using it as leverage to attack their neighbors which in turn is causing prices to shoot through the roof.

>>1541059
>Or the Biden administration who decided to enact tariffs and raise the cost of imported goods?
Biden literally did this with Russia and Canada. Except he didn't enact tariffs, instead sabotaging oil infrastructure and embargoing the second largest producer of fossil fuels in the world.

Dems like to pretend the Green New Deal doesn't exist, but democrats haven't once reneged on their plan to ban combustion engines to curb climate change.

>>1541056
>ITT:Liberals explain why Obama bailed out banks, and why Trump bailed out depositors
Trump bailed out depositers because it let him send bailout checks to voters in an election year with his name on the checks to boot

Oil runs the world and limiting it to fight sand monkies is retarded

>>1541062
This is why the US needs a robust nuclear power grid regulated to be provided for nearly free once established and the best cheapest electric cars on the planet that charge in minutes.
>We need more welfare!!
Get a job, n--.

>>1541064
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kIpWYJnk6hg

>>1541065
I heard a version of this joke where it is two white guys go by a store that can turn them black, and the guy with a dollar robs his friend for 98 cents after turning black

>>1541066
Need to re-purpose that version for jeets,

>>1540702
I like Vance. I would vote for him in 2028 but I think the boomers in the party are gonna nominate Marco Rubio

>>1540702
i hate these people vehemently

>>1542088
you will never find a bigger group of sociopaths

>>1541288
he rapes kids