When I think of Biden, I think… Donald Trump told in the first TV interview, how did he win the election?

Last Updated:January 26, 2025, 23:59 IST

Donald Trump News: Donald Trump targeted the previous American government regarding inflation. He took on Joe Biden and said that the previous government did not do anything to stop inflation.

US President Donald Trump attacked Joe Biden. (file photo)

Washington. In his first television interview after the US presidential election two months ago, Donald Trump said that the credit for his victory goes to Americans’ anger over immigration and inflation, especially the rising cost of groceries. However, he has said that inflation is not the number one issue for him.

“When you buy apples, when you buy bacon, when you buy eggs, their prices double and triple in a short period of time,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” ‘ Trump said, “And I won the election on this basis. “We are going to bring those prices down a lot.”

But in his first week back in the White House, Trump’s initial round of executive orders have done nothing except direct federal agencies to “take appropriate action” to directly address those prices.

The US President said that he is taking steps to reduce energy costs and he expects this to have a cascading effect on the economy. “They all said inflation was the number one issue,” Trump said. I said, I disagree.”

He said, “I also talked about inflation, but how many times can you say that the price of an apple has doubled?” Trump expects voters to continue to hold former President Joe Biden responsible for high prices.

The president’s comments reflect the reality that presidents have no ‘levers’ to quickly reduce inflation without hurting other parts of the economy. During a rally in Las Vegas on Saturday, Trump took aim at his Democratic predecessor for allowing prices to rise during his tenure and promised to quickly fix the problem. Trump said, ‘When I think of Biden, I think of incompetence and inflation.’