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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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[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 9 points 2 hours 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.

[–] rockhard@lemm.ee 4 points 2 hours 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.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 60 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] Viskio_Neta_Kafo@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours 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

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

He really is like a child.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 31 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Thebular@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 37 points 17 hours ago

eat shit you fat old Nazi.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 70 points 20 hours 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."

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 13 hours 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.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 23 points 17 hours 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

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[–] misfitx@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago

Victims are always held to higher standards.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours 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.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 13 points 16 hours 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...

[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 25 points 18 hours 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.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 19 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours 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.

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[–] Gluca23@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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

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[–] NoxAstrum@lemmy.ca 32 points 20 hours ago (3 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.

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[–] Devanismyname@lemmy.ca 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Acid_Burn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 13 hours 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

[–] Devanismyname@lemmy.ca 3 points 12 hours ago

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

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 60 points 23 hours ago

Conservatives always love censorship.

Never let them tell you otherwise.

[–] rockettaco37@lemmy.world 84 points 1 day 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

[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 236 points 1 day 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.

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 93 points 1 day ago (2 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.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 13 hours ago

sexism and bigotry was thier only motive. they cant even give a straight answer why they dint vote for Kamala, most of it was "i dont like her"

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 day ago (16 children)

Most never want to recognize that they're racist. Most reject the idea that living in a racist society means you will internalize racism.

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[–] 60d@lemmy.ca 82 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (5 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.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 16 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

And then blame the system for a choice they willingly made.

[–] OnASnowyEvening@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

2020: "I can't believe they fell for that. Oh, well, they chose better next time. Let's give them a chance."

2024: "...Yeah, they're just fucking dumb. Countless countries would have loved a chance to get rid of a shitstain like that without needing a violent revolt and the United States just... invited him back into office. Just... so fucking dumb."

[–] Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

No matter what option our country is pretty fucked

  • he cheated and rigged it

  • people were conned by him

  • people don't care that he is a terrible person, rapist and liar.

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[–] beanie@lemmy.ca 40 points 23 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

[–] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 23 points 20 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.

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[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 113 points 1 day 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.

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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 33 points 23 hours ago
[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 83 points 1 day ago (6 children)

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

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[–] Lemmist@lemm.ee 107 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Can't Trump just declare the bird flu as nonsense like COVID? That'll surely fix the prices.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 59 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Actually, what I fully expect from this administration is to have the USDA stop inspections and declare the bird flu over. If they are really brazen, they'll tell farmers to not cull the birds and to stop all testing of bird flu.

This is how our country dies.

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[–] KillerSpacePotatoes@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day 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.

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[–] Balthazar@lemmy.world 65 points 1 day ago (7 children)

It's almost like he lied just to get into office and then do whatever he wanted.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

He did it the first time. He's a proven liar. And racist. And rapist. And insurrectionist. And convicted felon. And people still chose to vote for him, or let him saunter into office. Jeez. People are stupid.

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[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 32 points 1 day ago (7 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.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 27 points 1 day 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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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Kirk also argued that Trump and the effort of his administration’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency will lead to savings for all Americans, and said egg prices will come down soon.

Everyone knows that illegally firing career federal employees results in lower prices on eggs...

/s

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