President Donald Trump has repeatedly dismissed Americans' economic pain and military casualties from the Iran war with comments critics call insensitive.
Most recently, Trump said "I love the inflation" as it surged above 4%, driven by the war in Iran.
He's also said the increase in gas prices is "peanuts" and that he doesn't think about Americans' financial situation when negotiating with Iran.
AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.
On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump responded to Iran downing a US Army Apache helicopter during a ceasefire by telling the Wall Street Journal that it “wasn’t a big deal.” About 24 hours later, he responded to inflation surging above 4% for the first time in three years by saying, “I love the inflation.”
