About half the public identify the cost of groceries as a major source of financial stress. Nearly 1 in 5 of them have used so-called Buy Now Play Later services to buy their groceries.

The more appropriate question is location. I live in a low cost of living area, so I know $200k seems like a lot, but it really isn't in some places. Comparing cost of living to where I am and some of the more expensive parts of the country would require more than 2x what I am making just for everything to be even.

Seattle me and my wife while we foster but most of that is covered by the state. I make a ton from 15 years ago living in my car. Finally made enough to start a retirement and buy a house. From 2018-2022 I was able to max out my 401k ($23k~ annually) and basically buy anything I wanted and go on vacation 1-2 times a year. Now, I've cut my 401k contribution to 10%, savings have dwindled, and maybe one local vacation a year when I was traveling globally. Everything but my house is paid off, it's just that basic necessities went up a ton.

In 2005, I survived on $30 a month with 5 dozen eggs, a bag of frozen chicken, and a bag of rice from Costco. That shit is expensive now.

There were a few days/weeks he was focused on groceries. This article highlights a few if you want to use the quote compilation to find individual speaking events.

First 2 quotes are the "Liberation Day" speech, found here.

“The groceries went way up. An old-fashioned word, it’s a very descriptive word. Groceries have gone through the roof.”

“I have used the word groceries,” he said. “It’s like an old-fashioned word, but really it’s not, and people understand it.”

“The word grocery,” he said while campaigning last October. “You know, it’s sort of a simple word, but it sort of means like everything you eat. The stomach is speaking. It always does.”

Behold, the famous Trump charisma!

Just search trump groceries, and you'll be enlightened.