Current Events > Trump Backtracks On Campaign Pledge To Bring Down Grocery Prices

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WingsOfGood
12/12/24 1:01:31 PM
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-walks-back-prices-down_n_675af8f3e4b04606476ba6cd

President-elect Donald Trump admitted in an interview with Time magazine that it will be difficult for him to reduce consumer prices, contrary to statements he made on the campaign trail this year.

Its hard to bring things down once theyre up, Trump told Time in an hourlong interview for its Person of the Year feature. You know, its very hard.
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DrizztLink
12/12/24 1:02:48 PM
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Ya don't fuckin' say

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Metal_Gear_Raxis
12/12/24 1:03:01 PM
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Gasp!

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InTheEyesOfFire
12/12/24 1:03:16 PM
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Well well well.

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HighSeraph
12/12/24 1:03:26 PM
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You tellin' me this Trump fella is a liar!?

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nocturnal_traveler
12/12/24 1:03:33 PM
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Scardude
12/12/24 1:03:43 PM
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Wait wait. How do they know that this isn't the lie?

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WingsOfGood
12/12/24 1:04:49 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/820659bc.jpg

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Cuticrusader09
12/12/24 1:05:14 PM
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Lol
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Phanir
12/12/24 1:06:03 PM
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Ain't no way. D:

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Irony
12/12/24 1:07:09 PM
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I actually don't remember that pledge

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Killmonger
12/12/24 1:07:43 PM
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Lol

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DoesntMatter
12/12/24 1:08:38 PM
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of course he does

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Lonestar2000
12/12/24 1:08:48 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/7a947392.jpg

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WingsOfGood
12/12/24 1:08:56 PM
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Irony posted...
I actually don't remember that pledge



Prices will come down, Trump said during a rally in August. You just watch: Theyll come down, and theyll come down fast, not only with insurance, with everything.

We will end inflation and make America affordable again, and were going to get the prices down, we have to get them down, Trump said at a rally in September. Its too much. Groceries, cars, everything. Were going to get the prices down.

We will cut your taxes and inflation, slash your prices, raise your wages and bring thousands of factories back to America, Trump said at a Georgia rally in October, reciting a line he used in speeches at several other events.

Trump also specifically promised to get gas prices down: I will cut your energy prices in half within 12 months.

Vice President-elect JD Vance made similar promises that Trump would simply fix grocery prices.


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misterbum
12/12/24 1:09:20 PM
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But egg prices will surely be cheaper right

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cousinvini
12/12/24 1:09:20 PM
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Its hard to bring things down once theyre up, Trump told Time in an hourlong interview for its Person of the Year feature. You know, its very hard.

Viagra Don confirmed

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MC_BatCommander
12/12/24 1:09:43 PM
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Irony posted...
I actually don't remember that pledge

Convenient

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voldothegr8
12/12/24 1:10:31 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/3a56bf9a.jpg

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DipDipDiver
12/12/24 1:11:23 PM
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WingsOfGood posted...
We will end inflation and make America affordable again, and were going to get the prices down, we have to get them down, Trump said at a rally in September. Its too much. Groceries, cars, everything. Were going to get the prices down.
The prices don't come down when inflation is down. That is literally not how it works.

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WingsOfGood
12/12/24 1:11:54 PM
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Irony just trolling right? He not really a maga is he?
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WingsOfGood
12/12/24 1:12:32 PM
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DipDipDiver posted...
The prices don't come down when inflation is down. That is literally not how it works.

quote is Trump and why people say they voted for him
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argonautweakend
12/12/24 1:12:40 PM
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My belief is mass amounts of people turn on him(not necessarily the Cult) and his approval rating craters to just the Cult.

When people see a dysfunctional government with Republicans infighting and depravity, embarrassment on the world stage(already started with Trump lying about a conversation he had with the Mexican PM) and grocery prices not going down any...

Just sucks we have to learn this lesson together. Harris at least tried to message on the grocery prices and was shit on. Trump...I don't know if he messaged on it or not. But as it turns out it was a huge issue this election and the obvious conman liar(I mean he was president once before) is being an obvious conman liar about it. Just as we knew would happen.
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HighSeraph
12/12/24 1:13:00 PM
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WingsOfGood posted...
Irony just trolling right? He not really a maga is he?
Does anyone around here pay attention to usernames? Of course Irony isn't maga lol

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Shotgunnova
12/12/24 1:14:22 PM
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Peace in the Middle East: "not as difficult as people have thought"
Lowering grocery costs: "you know, its very hard"

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WingsOfGood
12/12/24 1:14:49 PM
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HighSeraph posted...
Does anyone around here pay attention to usernames? Of course Irony isn't maga lol

How Ironic
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Raycon
12/12/24 1:15:50 PM
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WingsOfGood posted...
Irony just trolling right? He not really a maga is he?


To be fair, the man has spouted a lot of BS. It is hard to keep up with it all.

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Lonestar2000
12/12/24 1:16:13 PM
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WingsOfGood posted...
Irony just trolling right? He not really a maga is he?
IDK, I blocked him ages ago.

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Turbam
12/12/24 1:16:19 PM
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Irony is a hero and true friend
He's not maga

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DipDipDiver
12/12/24 1:16:19 PM
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WingsOfGood posted...
quote is Trump and why people say they voted for him
Yes I was pointing out that he has no clue how inflation works

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Srk700
12/12/24 1:16:47 PM
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It is very easy to make them skyrocket though with the tariffs and mass deportation that he talks about implementing.
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SpawnShadow
12/12/24 1:16:49 PM
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Who could have possibly known that Trump wouldn't fulfill his non-outwardly-malicious promises, apart from all the people who still remembered all the campaign promises he went back on during his last term and/or were warning about how he never holds up his end of the bargain on anything?

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WingsOfGood
12/12/24 1:17:30 PM
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Srk700 posted...
It is very easy to make them skyrocket though with the tariffs and mass deportation that he talks about implementing.

and too hard to bring them down again
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Lonestar2000
12/12/24 1:18:45 PM
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Srk700 posted...
It is very easy to make them skyrocket though with the tariffs and mass deportation that he talks about implementing.
Don't forget also raising taxes on the lower and middle classes to give tax breaks to the rich.

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masterpug53
12/12/24 1:19:01 PM
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Sincerely hoping against hope that he brings that exact same "can't do it, it's too hard" energy to every single one of his other campaign promises.

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WingsOfGood
12/12/24 1:19:22 PM
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Lonestar2000 posted...
Don't forget also raising taxes on the lower and middle classes to give tax breaks to the rich.

I mean with all these rising prices the poor rich people need a break you know
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WingsOfGood
12/12/24 1:20:14 PM
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masterpug53 posted...
Sincerely hoping against hope that he brings that exact same "can't do it, it's too hard" energy to every single one of his other campaign promises.

that is cope and isn't going to happen

even if Trump is lazy on his more evil promises Elon won't be
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Clovershroom
12/12/24 1:20:38 PM
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Keep those leopards coming, boys!

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CADE_FOSTER
12/12/24 1:22:21 PM
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single issue voters just got eaten by the leopard
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Voidgolem
12/12/24 1:22:22 PM
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I remain confused as to how a man whose entire brand is "I'm rich, I lie, and I don't pay people" became some kind of working-class hero

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Agent_Stroud
12/12/24 1:22:24 PM
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But, but, the price of eggs! The MAGAts, every single time we tried to point out why voting for Cheetolini was a very bad idea

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RchHomieQuanChi
12/12/24 1:22:28 PM
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masterpug53
12/12/24 1:22:32 PM
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WingsOfGood posted...
that is cope and isn't going to happen

even if Trump is lazy on his more evil promises Elon won't be

No shit it's cope, dude. That's what 'hoping against hope' means.

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WingsOfGood
12/12/24 1:23:14 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]


we just need to be dilligent and make sure they know Trump did that and they voted for it

maybe put stickers on the gas stations
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DoesntMatter
12/12/24 1:23:17 PM
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Voidgolem posted...
I remain confused as to how a man whose entire brand is "I'm rich, I lie, and I don't pay people" became some kind of working-class hero
because a lot of people in this country are very fucking stupid and ignorant and gullible and racist and sexist

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nocturnal_traveler
12/12/24 1:23:51 PM
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Why are Humans so stupid? Even if you're uneducated and uninformed, anyone with a fully functioning brain should have remembered Trump from 2020 and how bad of a President he was.

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CADE_FOSTER
12/12/24 1:24:19 PM
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everything is gonna be so expensive but atleast checks notes they owned the libs right guise
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tremain07
12/12/24 1:24:34 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

And considering most barely have a thousand dollars in case of emergencies were about to witness a massive wage and class gap

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