{"id":1187,"date":"2026-06-11T09:42:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2026-06-11T09:42:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:42:49","slug":"mike-johnson-makes-desperate-attempt-to-spin-trumps-jaw-dropping-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1187","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson Makes Desperate Attempt to Spin Trump\u2019s Jaw-Dropping Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Trump lackey Mike Johnson has made an admirably ridiculous attempt to spin one of his boss\u2019s more eyebrow-raising comments about his abject economy.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1185\">Frantic Trump, 79, Melts Down in 289-Word Plea to Republicans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The House Speaker went on CNN Wednesday to clean up after President Donald Trump told reporters at a White House signing ceremony that he loved the latest inflation numbers\u2014on the same day data showed the Consumer Price Index had risen 4.2 percent over the past year and spiked 0.5 percent in May alone, the fastest pace in more than three years.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Asked by reporters if he was concerned about the surge in prices, Trump was unequivocal. \u201cNo, I love it. The numbers were great,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Johnson, who was standing in the room when Trump said it, rushed to CNN with an explanation. \u201cIt was totally out of context. You know what he was talking about,\u201d he told reporter Manu Raju. What Trump meant, Johnson said, was that the number would look great in comparison to what comes next. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we get these situations resolved, that\u2019ll be a fun thing to consider and compare. That\u2019s what he was talking about. That was the context,\u201d Johnson said, adding, for credibility, \u201cI was standing right behind him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1183\">Trump, 79, Sets Alarming Medical Record as Health Concerns Mount<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump then offered his own clarification to the New York Post, which did not entirely simplify matters. \u201cI love the inflation numbers because of what I\u2019m talking about,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe numbers are going to be phenomenal because what\u2019s showing is that despite the fact that we\u2019re in a war, the numbers are much lower than anticipated, and when we\u2019re out of that war, the numbers will be at lower numbers than they were even before it started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The inflation surge is being driven largely by energy costs tied to Trump\u2019s war on Iran, and it is rattling Republicans heading into the midterms. Trump returned to office promising to rapidly bring down costs for American consumers. Inflation was running at 2.4 percent annually before his military intervention in February.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. Richard Hudson of North Carolina, the House GOP\u2019s campaign chairman, tried to project calm at a Washington event Tuesday. \u201cI\u2019m very confident we\u2019re going to hold the House,\u201d he said. \u201cIn fact, I think we\u2019ll pick up seats.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1181\">Senators Blast Trump Judicial Pick\u2019s Election Evasion \u2018Script\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump lackey Mike Johnson has made an admirably ridiculous attempt to spin one of his boss\u2019s more eyebrow-raising comments about his abject economy. Read more Frantic Trump, 79, Melts Down in 289-Word Plea to Republicans The House Speaker went on CNN Wednesday to clean up after President Donald Trump told reporters at a White House [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mike Johnson Makes Desperate Attempt to Spin Trump\u2019s Jaw-Dropping Comment - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1187\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mike Johnson Makes Desperate Attempt to Spin Trump\u2019s Jaw-Dropping Comment - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Trump lackey Mike Johnson has made an admirably ridiculous attempt to spin one of his boss\u2019s more eyebrow-raising comments about his abject economy. 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