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President Trump’s chaos in the Middle East disrupts supply, and drives up prices across the economy while working families struggle to make ends meet.
As President Donald Trump’s Iran War strains working families’ wallets, Groundwork Collaborative today released new analysis exposing airline executives for using the conflict to increase their profits — and bragging about it.
American families pay the price of stifled growth and creeping inflation while corporations rake it in amidst havoc in Middle East.
Adding insult to injury: there is some evidence, according to the progressive think tank Groundwork Collaborative, big corporations are taking advantage of all the confusion to impose inflationary price hikes in order to boost their own profits.
President’s FY27 budget slashes programs that help families cover everyday costs to pour half-a-trillion into the Iran war and Pentagon as Americans’ trust in Trump’s economic agenda hits record lows.
After February’s losses, March gains do little to reverse a slowing and unstable labor market.
Executive Director of Groundwork Action Lindsay Owens: “One year ago, Trump claimed his tariffs would ‘lower prices for consumers.’ We all know the reality: the opposite has happened. The Joint Economic Committee suggests his tariffs have cost families an average of $1,700 already and are slated to raise costs by another $2,500 per family this year alone.”
One year on, working families see “Liberation Day” for what it really was: another destructive Trump policy that raised costs when Americans asked for relief.
Groundwork Collaborative and American Economic Liberties Project fact sheet details how the Trump administration’s chaotic tariff regime became a game of closed-door dealings and Trump favoritism.
But Walmart can’t afford to sit idly by with such a pointed critique by Groundwork Collaborative’s executive director Lindsay Owens circulating with over 200k views, according to the organization.