Trump says slashing grocery prices will be ‘very hard’

[JonasDaniels]

Sometimes things get worse before they get even more worse.

Indeed

 

[JonasDaniels]

Oh they all lied.

The weird thing with Trump is he doesnt even care if hes lying.

Weirder still, neither do his supporters.

 

[seeking.IAM]

It appeared like you were making excuses for him, but maybe you were just making a general observation about politicians.

Two observations, one general observation that politicians will say anything they think will resonate to get a vote and one observation that the electorate believes these lies year after year then clutches their pearls when they are not borne out. It's why I no long waste my time watching presidential debates and campaign speeches. It is all a charade, and I don't want to be a

 

[JonasDaniels]

I would be more concerned about the availability of groceries going forward. What does the price matter if the shelves are empty?

It would appear that many here have not been paying attention to what's actually been going on with the food supply, but rather hanging on the every word of known liars.

 

[public hermit]

Two observations, one general observation that politicians will say anything they think will resonate to get a vote and one observation that the electorate believes these lies year after year then clutches their pearls when they are not borne out. It's why I no long waste my time watching presidential debates and campaign speeches. It is all a charade, and I don't want to be a

Great, but lets not act like it doesn't matter. The one little shred of power that we have is our ability to elect our governing officials. It's important to point out the lies and hypocrisy. The reality is, we could have better governing officials, but we don't and it's our own fault. So I support pointing out every lie Trump makes and taking his supporters to task for their choice.

 

[seeking.IAM]

The reality is, we could have better governing officials, but we don't and it's our own fault.

I agree with that completely. While I don't waste time on campaign speeches and presidential debates, I cast my vote. Because I am always hopeful some times we will get it right. And, when we don't I hope our system of checks and balances will save us from ourselves.

 

[Pommer]

Oh, but it will be "very hard".

Did those of you voted for Trump really believe he can lower the price of eggs on day 1? Or day 90? Or day 720?

I’m just going to point out that it’ll be “Biden’s economy” until (at least) September 30, 2025.

 

[essentialsaltes]

I’m just going to point out that it’ll be “Biden’s economy” until (at least) September 30, 2025.

It'll be mostly Biden's government budget for FY2025, and there will be some inertia even if Trump raises tariffs 'on day one', but I expect he will have measurable effects sooner than that if he does anything like what he says he's gonna.

 

[d taylor]

Well, this thread is about this particular liar who said he would lower food prices and is now backtracking. It appeared like you were making excuses for him, but maybe you were just making a general observation about politicians. I don't know. What I do know is this particular dude is a horrible liar with horrible ideas. Oh well, the masses chose him and now we get to live with it.

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Any government politician saying they will or even hinting at, that they have this type of power is disturbing.

 

[zippy2006]

I agree. He should simply be ignored since most of what he says is either nonsensical or false.

When Trump says, "Lowering the prices of groceries will be hard but I will do it," he is not saying anything grievous or out of character. So if someone is going to take him to task every time he says something in character that is fairly mundane, then it is the person who is taking him to task who is acting strangely. Trump is a person with a (big) character and various idiosyncrasies. If quibbles as minor as the OP are going to be raised every time Trump talks, all that happens is the quibbler ends up being ignored. The answer here is, "Yeah, that's Trump. And what he said isn't terrible or in need of special attention." The OP is pointing to specks in Trump's eyes, and specks are of course person-dependent.

 

[RoBo1988]

Well, this thread is about this particular liar who said he would lower food prices and is now backtracking.

Like that guy who joked: "those shovel -ready jobs, weren't so shovel -ready"?

 

[RoBo1988]

Two observations, one general observation that politicians will say anything they think will resonate to get a vote and one observation that the electorate believes these lies year after year then clutches their pearls when they are not borne out. It's why I no long waste my time watching presidential debates and campaign speeches. It is all a charade, and I don't want to be a

And a good observation, IMO.

75 percent of the country, me included, said it's headed in the wrong direction; so the choice was to either change course, or continue the same direction, on steroids. America chose the former.

 

[RoBo1988]

So if someone is going to take him to task every time he says something in character that is fairly mundane, then it is the person who is taking him to task who is acting strangely.

Like CNNs Jim Acosta, who mysteriously disappeared for 4 years.

 

[ozso]

It seemed quite certain that there would be more significant continuing price increases with Harris at the helm. While Trump won't make it all better overnight, it's less likely to get worse in the meantime.

 

[rjs330]

Look we all know who Trump is. Thats pone if the biggest problems of the left. They just don't get it. Trump is bombastic. He says s lot of things that we understand we know are part of his bombastic persona. We know he isn't going to grop grocery prices day obe. No one can do that. But we also know he is going to start working on it immediately and we believe he is going to continue to work in it to make it happen. Not like sleepy Joe. The left will have plenty of fodder to attack him for just like before. But we are pretty much ignoring you now. Thats how he got elected. He's not lying, he's just being his big personality. We also know that big personality is what is going to bring about the changes we want. So go ahead and be shocked and act all crazy about it. You can run around with your hair in fire for the next four years if you like. Meanwhile Trump is going to work hard to help us all. Even you. We are just going to ignore your firey hair as things get better. And I going to start by ignoring this thread. After I respond to Zip.

 

[rjs330]

When Trump says, "Lowering the prices of groceries will be hard but I will do it," he is not saying anything grievous or out of character. So if someone is going to take him to task every time he says something in character that is fairly mundane, then it is the person who is taking him to task who is acting strangely. Trump is a person with a (big) character and various idiosyncrasies. If quibbles as minor as the OP are going to be raised every time Trump talks, all that happens is the quibbler ends up being ignored. The answer here is, "Yeah, that's Trump. And what he said isn't terrible or in need of special attention." The OP is pointing to specs in Trump's eyes, and specs are of course person-dependent.

Nice post Zip. I say let them tune around with their hair on fire if they want to. We understand who we voted for. A man with a larger than life personality who is going to work hard for us to get things done. He can be as bombastic as he wants. We understand him. I say we don't get all worked up everytime the left wants to get all sweaty and worked up over something he says. If they want to act all crazy, I say we just move on. He's our president now and I really do believe he's going to do his best to make this country great again. Will he succeed? I don't know for sure, but I do know he's going to give us his all to do so.

 

[KCfromNC]

Please tell us of the messes that Democrats "cleaned up"

The Bush recession, the next Bush recession, the Trump recession and covid response, and so on and so forth.

 

[wing2000]

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Any government politician saying they will or even hinting at, that they have this type of power is disturbing.

Even more disturbing are the number of people who actually beleive what they say.

 

[Bradskii]

When Trump says, "Lowering the prices of groceries will be hard but I will do it," he is not saying anything grievous or out of character.

What he is doing is starting to make excuses for what he said when he was campaigning. He lied then and now he's backtracking.

 

[Say it aint so]

The Bush recession, the next Bush recession, the Trump recession and covid response, and so on and so forth.

Yes. The Trump admin and no plan what so ever to distribute covid vaccines