the shortages existed before inflation though. lumber and stuff.
trying to blame this on just biden or trump is foolish. the one criticism i have of biden is that the extra money available has contributed to inflation, imo. its not the only cause of it, and the covid supply shortages are by far the biggest cause, but the low fed rate combined with throwing money at people contributed to price changes.
we were - and still are - in a supply shortage. you dont deal with a supply shortage by increasing demand.
once the republicans take over after the mid terms there are going to be some serious brakes put on the economy in the name of "fiscal prudence" and all that BS. then if they win the presidency in 2024 fiscal prudence will all go out the window and the money machine will go whirrrrrrr again.