Subject: Re: OT: Reported U.S. Inflation

Macro data, like all else, must conform to the narrative told by our unhinged emperor, wherein all is bigly great, except for certain major American cities, which are war zones -- shortly to be pacified by Our Troops. Between the general erosion of the rule of law, targeted shakedowns of individual companies or CEOs, and punishment for insufficiently praising the Great Orange Business Genius, the U.S. is rapidly becoming uninvestable.