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Trump backtracks on campaign pledge to bring down grocery prices

www.huffpost.com Trump Backtracks On Campaign Pledge To Bring Down Grocery Prices

The president-elect walked back what was always a wildly unrealistic campaign promise.

Summary

Trump admitted it will be difficult to lower consumer prices, despite campaign promises to reduce grocery, energy, and overall inflation costs.

Trump told Time that achieving price reductions is rare without major economic downturns.

During the campaign, Trump blamed rising costs on Democratic leadership and proposed tariffs as a solution, but economists warn tariffs could raise prices further.

Inflation, a key voter concern, played a significant role in Trump’s election victory, though he has yet to outline a clear plan to deliver on his economic pledges.

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Oh wow who could have fucking predicted

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The only thing shocking here is that he's openly admitting he won't keep his promises.

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I've repeated this before, but here's the truth:

They did not vote for him for the "economy". Or for "America First". Or for "Farmers", "unions", etc.

They voted for him for racism and bigotry against the LGBTQ+ community. That's the only campaign promise they're 100% sure he's going to follow through on. Attacking immigrants and making their life a living hell.

Any other reason they gave is a dog whistle for their support of his absolutely transparent bigotry on display every moment his mouth is open.

We need to stop assuming his voters actually care about the same things we do, or even the things they publicly say. They care about him upholding their racist and bigoted views.

That's it.

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He's saying this because his administration will absolutely approve the Kroger Albertsons merger

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/10/nx-s1-5114999/kroger-albertsons-merger-ftc-lawsuit-court-ruling

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Inflation soared above 9% in 2022 as a result of supply chain problems related to the coronavirus pandemic and strong consumer demand that had been buttressed by stimulus checks and other relief policies both Trump and President Joe Biden championed.

Jesus Christ we're still blaming stimulus checks for inflation. Most people couldn't pay more than a months rent at most with the stimulus they received and yet we're supposed to believe that was a huge factor driving prices up? Saying stupid shit like this is exactly as bad as Trump's ridiculous tariff proposals but because it's not a Republican saying it we're just supposed to accept it as gospel. Eat my ass HuffPo

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Here's the thing though, no it's not hard to reduce the price of all of that, you just need to nationalize the industry for essential products. No more investors to please, no need to make billions in profit, prices can be reduced.

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Oh man. I wish I could see the faces being eaten.

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🤣

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No kidding, he just lied his ass off like he always does and the dickless MAGAT drones just slurped that jizz right up without ever stopping to think about how insanely fucking stupid the promis was to begin with...

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I don't think we need a headline or a news story to know this .... nothing he says means anything. The next four years is just going to be a never ending parade of bad faith, anger and anxiety.

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Everyone iny social circle and at work convinced themselves that he would fix things immediately. I can't tell you how many times I heard "as soon as Trump gets in the economy will get better" or "he'll fix it". He's a liar. A big reason we're here is he didn't get called out enough for being a liar.

I'm pretty sure the only thing he's interested in is revenge and he doesn't care who gets hurt on his path to achieving it.

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Oh my gosh! Oh my! Trustworthy Trump?! He lied... For political gain?

I'm sure the people who voted for him would be very upset right now if they could read.

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I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.

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Watch the market monopolize under him

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Promises Made, Promises Kept*!

<p></p>* = Promises will not be kept

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To the surprise of literally no one with more than three brain cells

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Trump: "I won on groceries. Very simple word, groceries. Like almost, you know, who uses the word. I started using the word. The groceries. When you buy apples, when you buy bacon, when you buy eggs, they would double and triple the price over a short period of time."

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🧐 🐆 🐆 🐆 🐆

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Trump lied? Wow, what kind of precedent is there for that?

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People are surprised by this?

God this country is so full of idiots.

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It thinks it's time we do our own Vandalism campaign similar to their stupid Biden I did that stickers. It clearly worked despite it being braindead.

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A lot of people yelling that he's not backtracking, that he's just saying it's hard. Did we not pay attention in 2016? "It's easy, we'll fix it in a day, I'll do it faster than any other president". Then it didn't happen. Then it was hard, then it was in the works, then it was a concept, then it never came. We're just going to have tons of repeats of the same old crap. I'm just waiting for the "who thought ending a war was difficult" quote to drop for Ukraine. (If it doesn't just get handed over on a silver platter on day one)

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Trump: hey! I got an idea that could lower those prices and fix our borders...we will bring enough migrants in to be able to plant, care for and harvest our food crops which are not easily automated! In return the migrants may eventually become residents or citizens. We'll have the best migrants only by asking them questions before bringing them in such as...do you work hard or are you hardly working and happy to see me? It will be the best question ever asked of any one. And to the bad Compadres, we will tell them "you're fired" ha ha ha! It will be the best. Best carrots and apples and oranges we have ever tasted...we will also have water desalination plants to water all the crops. And we will donate our surplus to countries like Ukraine who may need support for a while.

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This is what he said:

I’d like to bring them down. It’s hard to bring things down once they’re up. You know, it’s very hard. But I think that they will.

That's nothing. This article is based on nothing.

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It's not "the economy stupid"

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Shocker...

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Haha just wait until he tanks the economy and all these prices stay high.

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But of course, Mon ami. Surely the ravings of one such as l'orange simply could not be believed?

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There's a saying in Spanish that goes "prometer hasta meter". It's very fitting, but I don't know how to translate it in a way that doesn't butcher it. Any help?

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trump is a liar... This explains pretty much everything.. None of his plans would work though if the electorate were educated...

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I wonder what people will do about that.

Nothing? Or cheer?

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Does this mean he's backing down on tariffs? Jesus, one of the only things he actually campaigned on...

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Oooooh.. what.. a surprise. Well. Too late now..

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Shocker.

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Is that an AI generated hand holding an umbrella?

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This is super clickbait. What's Trump's actual quote?

I’d like to bring them down. It’s hard to bring things down once they’re up. You know, it’s very hard. But I think that they will.

That doesn't scream "backtracks on promise to me". Actually, if anything, he's saying that he'd still like to do it and he thinks they will. I mean, the other thing is he hasn't even taken over, so we can't really say he's failed at anything. Look, I don't like the guy very much either, but let's save our outrage when he's actually fucked up. Headlines like this is when some lazy editor just needs to crank a story out there.

If I asked someone if they like ice cream and they say "I'd like to get it. It's hard not to have it, but I think I will", the headline shouldn't be "LOCAL MAN HATES ICE CREAM". Fuck off lazy journalists and wake me up when something actually happens.

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