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Summary

Trump recently shared a provocative column on Truth Social titled "Shut Up About Egg Prices — Trump Is Saving Consumers Millions," written by conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

This comes despite Trump's campaign promises to reduce grocery costs "immediately" and "on Day 1." Egg prices have soared to record highs, averaging $4.95/dozen in January and exceeding $10/dozen in some regions, leading to purchase limits and shortages.

While bird flu has significantly impacted prices by killing millions of chickens since 2022, Trump has shifted from his campaign stance, recently telling Fox News "Inflation is back" but claiming "I had nothing to do with it" after just weeks in office.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Dems can beat this man if they choose to stand for something and stop letting these Nazi's move their own goalpost 24/7. Use these 4 years to build and get serious about systematic change. There isn't going to be some sweeping redemption for Trump voters where they realize the errors of their ways.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 minutes ago* (last edited 2 minutes ago)

Dems could have beaten him every time. They didn't.

Dems are not a reliable solution to this problem, and nor is the broken federal electoral system in general. You cannot vote your way out of this mess. Republicans will continue to suppress the vote of people they don't like. The owning class have purchased the newspapers, television stations and social media platforms. It's a rigged game.

Organize in your communities if you want any real power.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 hour ago

Realistically, US can't wait 4 years if want survive.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

This shit is just getting too surreal. Democrats were literally not allowed to quote actual economic progress without being called "out of touch" but Trump can literally say "fuck you shut up."

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 hour ago

Victims are always held to higher standards.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Wasn't he going to lower the egg prices? Weren't they supposed to get tired of winning? Maybe he used the wrong sign in his addition.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

He was supposed too but then like a million other things came up that he had to fix so don't worry about the stupid food right now ok . Cmon people, bootstraps, recession starts soon. Let's goooo🦾🦾🦾

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

He's making egg prices great again, I guess.

[–] xmunk 49 points 5 hours ago

Conservatives always love censorship.

Never let them tell you otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 hours ago (12 children)

Well, the Premier of Ontario just put a 25 % surcharge on the electricity that powers millions of homes in three states. I guess they won’t have to worry about the price of eggs if they can’t afford to cook them.

FAFO

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

We're all going to spend the next four years finding out how expensive maintaining the Republican ego-driven sense of superiority will be. I vote blue not because I need to, but because I think it's best for my peers and because I love my friends. At the end of the day though, I'm laughing at every price increase because if it gets to the point that I can't afford food, there's going to be about 250 million starving Americans in front of me pushing for change.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago

Damn, imagine the party of fiscal responsibility bankrupting the entire working class and that registering in the consciousness of the conservatwats. One can dream.

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 7 hours ago

"Shut up about the issue that I could actually be solving, but instead I'm too busy bullying our allies and making things even more expensive"

Yeah, no. Fuck off Mango Mussolini

[–] [email protected] 75 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

“I will immediately bring prices down starting on Day 1,” he said on Aug. 15, for example. “Starting the day I take the oath of office, I will rapidly drive prices down,” he promised later that same month.

He backed away from that last month.

Everything's normal. This is what you voted for, Murca!

ETA For those following these comments:

Hanlon's razor is an adage or rule of thumb that states: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Given the track record of those in the current ruling class of Murca, I agree with those comments which suggest we can exchange the placement of "malice" and "stupidity".

Krasnov just DGAF about the plebs who voted for him, at best. At worst, he's actively destroying the economy, democracy, and the plebs he lied to.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 hours ago

America, the only country dumb enough to fall for a rapist felon's promises...twice.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

blind men following the one-eyed dumbass.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I think it's far more sinister than that. In this case, I attribute to malice what could be explained by incompetence.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 hours ago

Trump is a dangerous combination of incompetence and malice

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago

There is a heavy element of malice here, but lest we forget there's also more incompetence than any other administration in history, even the first Trump admin.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 hours ago

Hey didn't this rapist felon say he was going to immediately lower the cost of groceries and now we're losing trade wars and American goods are being taken off of foreign shelves and we're about to have a Trumpcession?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

That just makes me want to talk more about egg prices. Also fuck Charlie Kirk, I hope his face keeps shrinking until it disappears.

[–] xmunk 8 points 5 hours ago

If his mouth keeps shrinking at the current rate in just five months it should form a singularity and I'll never need to hear from the fucker again. If that singularity happens to swallow earth so be it - it'll be worth it.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 hours ago (5 children)

Normally I would agree that the president had little effect on prices since that is largely the job of the Fed. But Trump being wishy washy on tariffs is really fucking things up. It is extremely hard for businesses to plan for shit when massive tariffs are planned, then delayed, then implemented for three fucking days before being held off again for a month. How the fuck are businesses suppose to do any sort of inventory planning when they don't know how much something is going to cost them if they hold off for a day to buy things. Or they bought in bulk under the assumption that they would have to pay significantly more later are now stuck with a ton of inventory they may not have room for.

So yes, in this case Trump is having a large effect on prices. If it was just tariffs, inflation would temporarily go up and the Fed would increase interest rates and the recession it causes would slow inflation. But the Fed can't plan for the dipshit president going back and forth in tariffs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 48 minutes ago

Broadly speaking it's nearly impossible for a US president to directly fix the economy, but they can easily break it.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

rando firings that effect government entities that stabilize farm prices and respond to things like bird flu can have somewhat of an effect to.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

What I find interesting about this is that we had a similar situation in the UK with Liz Truss. We had a PM who announced a surprise budget of tax cuts, which ok, were a little bit stronger than ones the Tories had done previously. This caused a shock to the bond markets, cost quite a lot of money and she was immediately removed from office by her own party and her budget cancelled.

Trump has caused chaos and cost the US billions with his tariff talk, alienated most western allies, damaged the US MIC enormously and caused deaths in Ukraine by cutting support. The damage done is incalculable, it is not in the same universe as the damage caused by Liz Truss. The only thing that makes sense is that Republican party want America ruined and they aren't going to stop unless they are forced to. I think what Trump has already done should qualify as treason on the basis of undermining the USA and supporting its enemies.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago

Precisely, it IS treason. At the very least he should be removed from any position of power over others.

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[–] ThePantser 79 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

One of their biggest campaign promises just broken. All those grocery stores that had to host this sack of shit for nothing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Everything about this dude is so off-putting. He just looks condescending in every picture

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[–] [email protected] 100 points 9 hours ago (7 children)

...Trump has shifted from his campaign stance, recently telling Fox News "Inflation is back" but claiming "I had nothing to do with it" after just weeks in office.

We cannot let Trump get away with claiming that he campaigned on lowering inflation. Trump campaigned on reducing prices, not slowing the rate at which they increase.

Everyone with two brain cells knew he wouldn't be able to do that. Now he can't even seem to keep inflation low, which it already was the last year of the Biden administration.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 hours ago

Oh but we are going to let him get away with it, just like we've allowed him to get away with everything in his first term. This piece of shit is going to die like a wet fart and we're going to allow it. Because we're mostly sayers, not doers. We'll say we'll do this, but won't do it. We keep hoping for karma or some invisible deity to come in and save us, but it won't ever happen.

The reason Trump is ever in office both times, was because he is the poster-boy for hate, bigotry, ignorance and all things that incels, racists, xenophobes and bigots all look up to. They feel if he's office, they get to get away with everything because there'll be nobody or nothing to slow them down and this administration will enable it.

God fucking bless america. /s

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 hours ago

Ok let's talk about the recession instead

[–] [email protected] 196 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

And there you have it, you stupid fucking 71 million americans, who ever believed this fuckface promised you about lowering egg prices. When it's never been about that, it has mainly been about fulfilling the crooked policies he wanted to do and is currently doing. Keep eating them high costs, you stupid fucks. And you'll still justify your reasoning for having voted for this guy because it's voter's remorse at this point.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 9 hours ago (17 children)

It was never about egg prices for them, either. They just used that as their excuse so they didn't have to publicly admit they just really like bigotry and hate.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

The lack of response to the bird flu is clearly the speculation driver here.

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