As a reminder, back in August last year, Trump said during a press conference in which he was surrounded by groceries: “When I win, I will immediately bring prices down.”

Talking specifically about food, he pointed to items behind him and said: “I don’t like the tags very much. Look at that, up 46 per cent, eggs. Wow. Up 65 per cent – school lunch is up 65 per cent.

  • FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    I think some of his supporters were convinced the president could just turn down the prices like a thermostat

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      16 hours ago

      The same idiots thought that Biden did something to turn them up, even if inflation under Biden was better than many other countries…