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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] 5 points 1 week ago

Multiple economists overwhelmingly stated that his policy proposals were inflationary. MAGA accused them of being "liberals" and disregarded their warnings as fake. Working people aren't going to be saving anything unless it's by a sheer cut back in their spending as they try to save money. And of course saving won't matter if Trump axes FDIC.

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

But Biden caused it all during his term… Fuck this guy, I wish he would shut up just in general

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

They will blame it on the democrats even if the problem persists for the next 2 years, and no matter what bullshit deregulation on price gouging AND sanitation/health inspection being gutted that accellerates the spread of disease, it is ALWAYS the democrat's fault.

We know what the problem is, but I have no idea what the solution would be.

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

You know what is amusing - I bet the redcaps still drinking the little d kool-aid will do ANYTHING to stop talking about egg prices at this point.

I bet they start accusing State Media, oops, I mean, Faux "News", of being too "liberal" for talking about the cost of eggs - or really, the price of anything else. Same goes for talking about the Dow, the S&P 500, NASDAQ, TSLA after a bad day...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Anyone know if the rest of the groceries actually went down aside from the eggs?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Overall, prices for food-at-home rose by 0.8 percent between December 2024 and January 2025. This was partially an effect of seasonal trends, since prices typically increase in January following the holiday season. From December 2024 to January 2025, prices increased for 11 food-at-home categories and declined for 4 categories. In 2025, prices are predicted to grow at above-average rates for eggs, sugar and sweets, nonalcoholic beverages, and fresh fruits, while dairy products are expected to grow at near-average rates. Prices for 10 other food-at-home categories are predicted to change at a rate below their 20-year historical average.

Source: https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-price-outlook/summary-findings

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

So he didn't lower prices but also the eggs are mostly a one off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Imagine how many suckers there must be, if a serial liar gets voted into office twice. Then imagine all the people who didn't register to vote, or registered and didn't vote.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Saving millions?? Goodness! That could be upwards of a dollar per person!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

2 million is technically also millions, so could be less than a penny per person

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

"I will fix everything by being a dictator on day one."

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"SHUT UP ABOUT THE THING I SWORE TO YOU THAT I'D FIX DAY 1! STOP HOLDING ME ACCOUNTABLE! "

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

People in my old selecting job the day after the election litterly said they voted from him so "groceries wouldn't be $300 dollars"

It's so many people couldn't tell it was an obviously lie that Trump was going to make groceries cheaper

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

He really is like a child.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week 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] 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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] 2 points 1 week ago

We need both, and community organizing turns into party primaries really quick.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Can't even wait 2

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 week ago (4 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] 9 points 1 week ago

Yeah. It's one of the great mysteries of conservative politics IMO.

They just magically get to be "better economic managers" despite any facts to the contrary.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

The problem with the economic message from Biden and Harris was they celebrated like they had solved the economy. But the average family was still struggling. If they had said something like, "We are happy to see the economy land without a recession; That is a victory we have all achieved, and now we can do the same thing for the working class, etc etc" it wouldn't have been such a bloodbath every time they took a victory lap on the stock market line and current year inflation.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A relevant quote from Jean-Paul Sartre:

Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

Reactionaries continue this. If you are a liberal, they will take advantage of your values, pretending they deserve that universal respect.

See also: free speech

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

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

Victims are always held to higher standards.

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