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That’s not what the headline says, it says “Trump isn’t going to do anything about grocery prices” which is exactly what his statement confirms. He said it’s hard and it’ll probably be fixed by things outside his control, which is explicitly saying he won’t do a damn thing.
Part of his platform was lowering energy prices - "Drill, Baby, Drill!" He expects grocery prices to go down as a result.
He had a golden opportunity to make that argument and instead talked about how much property he owned and to talk about a loading dock he drove by.
It was part of his platform and the part I emphasized shows him referencing it. The author of this article is misleading people with his headline.
You agree with the president-elect's assessment that reducing energy costs will result in corporations slashing prices for consumers? Do you just believe him or do you have reason to believe his assessment is accurate
I'm saying that's his argument. I don't know if it'll work out, but this conversation started because the headline is false.
His argument or yours? I want to focus on yours since I'm talking to you :) - I mean, I don't see him claiming anything about headlines which is what you and I are talking about now
So, to reiterate the argument you're making here, you're saying that you believe that when he said he will reduce grocery prices, what he actually meant was that he would reduce energy costs which would then reduce the cost of groceries. The headline suggests he is backtracking but you believe he always intended to use energy prices as the main driver to reduce groceries and that's why the headline is false. Is that right?
You have the patience of a saint. Keep it up, mate!
I doubt it will be as easy or effortless to lower just about any prices as he tries to make it sound. I hope he manages it, I think most people do. But that isn't my point. I take issue with the way they present the story. With the headline and subtitle, they make it sound like he's given up on lowering prices, which isn't true. Most people only read the headlines of articles - the entire thrust of their argument is in the first four paragraphs, and the rest doesn't have that much to do with it. It wouldn't have been as egregious if the headline simply read "Trump admits it will be 'very hard' to lower prices."
Spoilers: it will not work out that way.
Source: we've already seen energy prices go down drastically, grocery prices have continued to go up in that same time
Why argue with you ? You have changed the subject in bad faith.
My point the whole time has been that the article has a bad headline. If he said something like "We can't lower prices," then it'd make sense.