“I will END the devastating Inflation Crisis immediately, bring down interest rates, and lower the cost of energy—we will DRILL, BABY, DRILL.”
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Rated on term-2 results through July 2, 2026. Trump signed Executive Order 14154 (Unleashing American Energy) on January 20, 2025 to expand domestic production, and the Federal Reserve lowered its target range to 3.50-3.75 percent by December 10, 2025, well below the 5.25-5.50 percent level when the promise was made. But inflation was never ended: CPI accelerated to 4.2 percent in May 2026, the highest since April 2023, with gasoline up 40.5 percent year over year amid the 2026 energy-supply shock from the Iran war. Concrete efforts were made, yet the promised outcomes - ended inflation and lower energy costs - had not materialized as of this rating.
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