Trump clearly has never been to a grocery store

@NJChicaa (120122)
United States
December 12, 2024 3:42pm CST
So Trump got people all riled up about the price of eggs and groceries. Despite the fact that he was threatening 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada which obviously would raise prices he claimed (narrator: LIED) that grocery prices would drop almost immediately after he took office. He walked that claim back in an interview with TIME magazine for his "Person of the Year" cover. (what an effing joke) When asked about grocery prices decreasing 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." Oh so it won't happen immediately? SHOCKER. Today he spoke at the New York Stock Exchange after ringing the bell to start trading. In his speech he said that he knew of an elderly woman who wanted to buy 3 apples but had to put one back when she saw the price at the register. " I tell the story about a woman who… went to a grocery store, had three apples and she put them down on the counter and she looked and saw the price and she said will you excuse me? And she walked one of the apples back to the refrigerator." Yup--apples in a refrigerator. That's where they are kept in your grocery store, right? This is like the time he said that you needed to show ID to buy a loaf of bread. He is so out of touch with regular Americans. It truly is mind-boggling that so many people think that he understands their challenges and he is fighting for them. He can't buy groceries. I'd bet a lot of money that he can't drive a car. We know he can drive his rigged golf cart but he wouldn't last 2 minutes on the Garden State Parkway.
https://x.com/Acyn/status/1867316591521935778
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@sallypup (61633)
• Centralia, Washington
12 Dec
The upcoming months are terrifying to me and I have a teeny cushion. I am so grateful to feel settled and able to buy decent food. People- some are here on this site- don't appear to understand the word tarrif. I have never thought much about Walmart. IF the prices are lower on their products then the quality is also lower. People don't appear to understand this concept, either. Total horror show.
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@NJChicaa (120122)
• United States
12 Dec
Trump himself doesn't understand tariffs either. He thinks that other countries pay them. He doesn't get that it is a punishment on the consumer to buy those items due to higher price so they simply won't buy them. The MAGA idiots don't understand tariffs either because, well, red states aren't so great in education.
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@LindaOHio (181642)
• United States
13 Dec
Shakes her head and sighs. Have a good weekend.
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Dec
Only hopeful thing is I got the announcement my SS is rising by some dollars, As they say every little bit helps,
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@JudyEv (342077)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Dec
Hang on for a wild ride, I think.
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