USA Today writer Rexx Huppke says it’s time for Republicans and President Donald Trump to put up or shut up because blaming Biden is no longer a winning strategy.“That excuse ain’t working anymore,” said Huppke, citing a May 12 CNN poll showing an eye-watering 70 percent of Americans disapproving of Trump’s handling of the economy.U.S. inflation is higher than it was when the much-maligned Biden left office, leaving behind a strong economy that had rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic. But that was then, said Huppke.“Gas prices north of $5 per gallon are now," Huppke said. "That’s President Trump’s doing. But whenever a Republican is pressed on the economy, on food prices, on energy prices, they can only reflexively say, ‘Well, Biden blah blah blah …'"But rather than address the needs of those struggling, Huppke said Trump is either defending his decision to “start a war nobody wanted or parading around talking about his White House ballroom or multimillion-dollar work being done painting the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool bright blue.”But they’re not putting up, said Huppke. And — and more surprisingly — they’re not shutting up either. In fact, they’re being brutally, refreshingly honest.“I’m proud of President Donald Trump and his loyal Republican lawmakers. After years of pretending, it seems they’ve finally grown confident enough to flatly admit they don’t give a rip about regular Americans. This is real progress!” said Huppke, quoting Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-Ohio) May 14 statement about soaring gas prices with the claim, “that’s life.”Coupled with Trump’s earlier assertion that he doesn’t “think about Americans’ financial situation,” Republicans are finally saying out loud what many Americans “have known for so long, deep in their guts,” said Huppke. “Trump doesn’t think about anybody other than himself.”Huppke said arguments from the “president and his lackeys” saying “we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon” also aren’t resonating with American, especially with no clear evidence that Iran was developing a nuclear weapon or posed a threat to America.”“Republicans care about rich people. They cater to the wealthy and promise you that largesse will trickle down your way eventually,” said Huppke. “They will send regular Americans to war for no reason then tell the regular Americans back home to suck up the costs of their folly. Politicians like Trump will dump billions into vanity projects that do nothing for you. And now they’re admitting it, loudly and proudly.”“It’s pathetic,” said Huppke.