Rally-style series of boasts does not include much in the way of plans to address affordability crisis

Donald Trump on Wednesday used a nationally-televised address to deliver a campaign-style rant in which he blamed his predecessor for the economic woes Americans are feeling a year into his presidency while offering little in the way of proposals to address the higher prices caused in large part by the massive tariffs he has placed on almost all American imports.

Speaking from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Trump opened by claiming to have “inherited a mess” that he was now “fixing.”

What followed was a partisan rant indistinguishable from the signature rallies that have been the centerpiece of his political movement, in which he rattled off a list of grievances while blaming his predecessor for the state of the country nearly a full year after he took the oath of office.

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    Do we have any non-nice neighbors? Before he pissed off Venezuela, I mean.

    I think basically everyone out to the russian and chinese borders were, if not cool with us, at least happy to be non-aggressive and accommodating. And this was the plan all along, to have a big “friendly border zone” around us. It was working pretty good!

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      I meant as “next door neighbors” and we only have two. But at this point our horrid criminal “president” has alienated every global neighbor we could ever have.