Settling America’s Lawsuit Culture Should Be Part of Trump’s Inflation Strategy | Opinion [Video]

Donald Trump knows a thing or two about the cost of lawsuits. Since leaving office in 2021, he has reportedly paid more than $100 million to more than 80 different firms and attorneys. Litigation has hit Trump (or at least his Super PACs) in the hip pocket.

But he’s not the only one. America’s litigation culture is getting worse, and it’s driving up costs for businesses, costs which are passed on to consumers and can even destroy small businesses which cannot afford high insurance premiums. If he is serious about tackling inflation, Trump should put this high on his to-do list.

America is one of the most litigious societies on earth, filing more than 40 million claims per year. There is work for 1.3 million lawyers—close to the entire population of Dallas.

Frivolous claims come thick and fast. In recent times, we have seen Kraftsued for Mac and Cheese that …