Edward Snowden quipped on Wednesday (July 13) that “we’re all going to be billionaires,” while commenting on record inflation figures released on the same day.

The former intelligence adviser said in a tweet that while people would become billionaires, a gallon of milk would cost $2.6 trillion due to sharp price increases.

In a separate tweet, Snowden shared a Wall Street Journal headline that read, “US inflation hits four-decade high of 9.1%,” and said he’s trying to imagine the mindset of a kid who will die this year Graduates from high school and states “it’s time to enter the world while the difficulty slider is locked in nightmare mode.”

Inflation has fallen since Snowden’s tweet last summer. In January, the Labor Department reported that the consumer price index (CPI) rose 6.5% in December, compared to a peak in 2022 9.1% in June.

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This article was originally published on July 14, 2022 and has been modified with updated information.