Gas prices have shot up more than 50 percent since the war started February 28

Donald Trump said he loves inflation Wednesday in response to a question about the latest federal report showing inflation climbed past 4 percent for the first time in three years.

“I love it; the numbers were great,” Trump said. “You know what I really love? I love the inflation.”

The bizarre moment punctuated the administration’s minimization of the country’s affordability crisis, a crisis that is getting worse, according to Wednesday’s Consumer Price Index.