In the lead up to the 2024 election, corporate media could not stop telling us that this election was all about inflation—especially the price of eggs. And after the election, corporate media patted themselves on the back with headlines that blared: “Why high prices toppled Democrats,” “Hey stupid, it wasn’t just the economy. It was inflation” and “Egg-flation helped Trump win as Americans count cost of groceries.”

Given that inflation obsession, you would expect that after a new report was released Wednesday showing prices are exploding—and especially for eggs–it would cause the corporate media in one voice to demand answers from Trump about his plans to reduce these costs?! Yet as of now we are not seeing that.

But just look at what we learned Wednesday from Trump’s Labor Department. Prices rose last month 0.5% from December, which marks the largest monthly increase in a year and half—going back to August 2023. This jump in inflation-as The Wall Street Journal noted—was well ahead of economists’ expectations for a milder increase of 0.3%. (This makes you question whether Trump will allow his administration in the future to reveal accurate inflation data?!)