Trump Boosts Message Telling Americans to ‘Shut Up’ About Egg Prices
An article the president reposted on Truth Social contends that inflation isn’t as severe as critics suggest.
Where are the "I did this!" stickers?
“The high price of eggs is in no way President Trump’s fault,” Kirk writes. “Almost all the increase took place during Biden’s final months in office.”
This attempt at misdirection is so artfully sleazy I have to appreciate it. It should be taught in classes.
It’s still misdirection, though. It doesn’t matter WHO was in office, or WHAT the price of eggs was. Trump campaigned on the promise to lower those prices.
He’s not annoyed because the public doesn’t understand. He’s annoyed at the public for having the audacity to call him out on his bullshit.
I'm just over here wishing we could get both 49%'s that always vote partisan to give a shit about the working class and poor at the same time.
For four years, one side's angry and the other makes excuses. Then, when the other team's guy is in charge, one 49% decides it's their turn to make excuses and the other side pretends to give a shit.
It would be exhausting if we weren't all already exhausted from trying to live in this impoverished hellscape.
Classic GOP. Campaign on fixing something that they blame another admin for and then turn around and say they can’t control that thing to fulfill on their promise.
Imagine if this had been under Biden. They'd have been banging on about how he caused it constantly. A fickle unthinking bunch.
Being unthinking is one thing. But the degree that they actively avoid thinking is remarkable to me.
Wonder why people blame him for eggs?
"Why are you talking about that? You can't talk about that! Biden isn't in charge anymore, we're all done talking about that!"
Nah, when people were saying "egg prices are high and he said he'd lower them" for why they voted for him on election night, and i knew he wasn't going to be able to do much, even if he tried, i knew I'd be bitterly watching the egg prices until armageddon. it felt like people's big reason for why, that wasn't just hating immigrants.
it's bitterness on my part, but it's also a tactic for better people to remind voters of a promise he made that they can immediately see he didn't keep. it's a way for people who voted for him to justify voting against him and his party in the midterms. that doesn't mean they have to care about, like, democracy, or people who aren't like them, and so on. they can save face.
I assumed it was just a bird flu outbreak, and prices would naturally settle back down with the next generation of hens. And of course he would take credit. But uhh CDC got their hands tied, so I guess we don't even get to know what's going on.
Surely someone has actually reported on the issue in detail and I've just missed it in these chaotic news cycles, right?
“shutupshutupshutupeggpricesshutupshutupshutUP!”
Free Waterfall IV?
He knows he looks bad there.
Alright, I gotta ask. How much is a dozen eggs costing you guys right now?
I saw them going for $10 yesterday in CA. People have reported them going as high as $18. Chicken is also quite expensive and in short supply due to the bird flu disruptions
$6 yesterday in the southeast.
Meanwhile, a dozen eggs are like $5 in CAD in CA (aka. Canada)
i haven't, but know you mention it....
That "article", though. I thought I had just read the intro, but it was the whole thing. It's this what passes for online journalism now?
