if you voted for Trump because you thought he’d lower your grocery bills or gas prices or housing costs, I have some very bad news for you wapo.st/4g0bNcF - ThreadSky

crampell.bsky.social • 116 days ago

if you voted for Trump because you thought he’d lower your grocery bills or gas prices or housing costs, I have some very bad news for you

https://wapo.st/4g0bNcF

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mushmabubba.bsky.social•116 days ago

I don’t think anyone voted for him on policy or economics. Those are just excuses to justify their list for his evil.

pirateatlaw.bsky.social•116 days ago

No fucking shit

rimaregas.com•116 days ago

It appears that Trump has met his Angela Merkel in Mexico's president.

suzannejarvie.bsky.social•111 days ago

I was in Mexico during the election thank god. Better than being at home in Toronto. It was one bright spot in a broad hellscape. To observe from a place where a woman is president.

shawnguerra.bsky.social•116 days ago

Good thing they can fall back to “Trump will keep me safe” or some other bullshit euphemism

thejcarbone.bsky.social•116 days ago

Yes. If tariffs are imposed, we'll see the results in higherprices. You're not the only economist saying this.🙄

suzannejarvie.bsky.social•111 days ago

except apparently Scott Bessent who thinks there won't be any inflation cuz somethings will go up which will cause peeps not to buy other things ergo no inflation. the little old billionaire hedge fund fella said that.

w1rral.bsky.social•116 days ago

He’s also going to push up unemployment. So far: 1) he will deport millions of taxpayers: 2) Hegseth will fire all women (& gays) from the military: 3) add all the officers that swear to the constitution instead of Trump: 4) Musk will fire millions of public servants just ‘cos: What did I miss?

w1rral.bsky.social•116 days ago

Ah of course. All the US workers in industries that do not survive his tariff rant because their industry becomes insolvent.

bushwacked.bsky.social•116 days ago

I walked out of my office and my partner had TV on... this is what I saw...

jonosaka.bsky.social•116 days ago

Better start planting your own vegetables.

kingdavidk01.bsky.social•116 days ago

Amazing how economically illiterate TFG is….

canadianbacon66.bsky.social•116 days ago

But many believed it, and still do.

secretoriginz.bsky.social•116 days ago

I wonder if this could lead grocery stores to prioritize buying local?

jonosaka.bsky.social•116 days ago

Yes, if its cheaper.

akathebeerlady.bsky.social•116 days ago

You think it's going to be cheaper to, say, source locally grown avocados in New York in January?

Despite bragging that the US 'feeds the world,' our ag industry has become so obsessed with monoculture that we don't actually produce most of our own fruits/veggies

jonosaka.bsky.social•116 days ago

There is a scenario where a trade war could cause imported produce to be more expensive than locally grown produce. Not saying its likely but its plausible because we don't know how far Trump is willing to go. FYI, California produces avocados too, or we might import from some other country.

writaobscura.bsky.social•116 days ago

wethabestmusic.bsky.social•116 days ago

Not to mention that tariffs will further incentivize immigrants to come here because their wages and number of jobs will go down.

donnayoungdc.bsky.social•116 days ago

If only the U.S. had an industry whose job it was to inform, educate & warn Americans & was dedicated to protecting democracy.
It sure would've been handy to have such an industry in 2024. Instead, what we've got are overpaid circus addicts who #sanewashed a sexual predator/con man/dictator-wannabe.

ranand.bsky.social•116 days ago

He will likely implement none of this. He thinks this sabre rattling helps at the table but since everyone knows his negotiating tactics, it won’t work. Unfortunately we have a bit lame of PM in Canada who’s already doing emergency meetings.

suzannejarvie.bsky.social•111 days ago

the least he could have done was keep a straight face with that swindler and his gold leaf toilet seat. The grinning resulted in hoovering a gravol extra strength stat.

evilrbt.bsky.social•116 days ago

MAGAs gonna start googling “Can I change my vote?” in even higher numbers now.

dbb817.bsky.social•116 days ago

Since they were lying about how bad inflation was in the first place, what makes you think they won't lie about it again and claim it isn't happening?

mrmiao.bsky.social•116 days ago

I wonder if credit card delinquencies start to increase in 2025.

sandywolf.bsky.social•116 days ago

Agree, I tried to tell people this myself
You ain't seen nothing yet🤬

strongslienttype.bsky.social•116 days ago

Fafo

philliefan99.bsky.social•116 days ago

I'm wondering if the only thing that will actually lower prices to where Trump has promised is a recession.

jonosaka.bsky.social•116 days ago

Not if the drop in demand does not outpace the drop in supply.

msugrad70.bsky.social•116 days ago

Yup.

barscap.bsky.social•116 days ago

Well in 2009 GDP was -2.5%, unemployment was 10% and inflation dropped by just 40bps versus the prior year.

j1drvr.bsky.social•116 days ago

Thanks to Barrack Obama. He did good.

wtyner.bsky.social•116 days ago

j1drvr.bsky.social•116 days ago

🤣🤣🤣

momobrewer66.bsky.social•116 days ago

When you're riding a shotgun in a clown car, don't be surprised they are clowns. 🤡🤡🤡🤡

qhg21.bsky.social•116 days ago

Knowing some who did that deed, I'd say that racism and sexism were even more important to them.

fightlies.bsky.social•116 days ago

The bad news is that you are a chump.
Fooled by the lies.

adk3.bsky.social•115 days ago

I saw you on @CNN last night. I always admire your perspective. You definitely know what you are talking about . I do not know HOW you could stand that guy sitting next to you! Great job; so professional !

jimmyalto.bsky.social•116 days ago

argignac.bsky.social•116 days ago

But that's not really the point, is it? Too many people don't mind voting for liars, con men and convicted felons as long as they promise them that they'll bring down the price of eggs and help them keep their paid subscriptions to multiple streaming services on their big teevee. That's the point.

saltybeach.bsky.social•116 days ago

If you voted for trump, girl bye.

j1drvr.bsky.social•116 days ago

Spot on.
He has no intention of MAGA. In fact he’ll do the opp.
He is a pure grifter who uses people for his own gain.
His recent MaccyD “shift”, he never paid that outlet. There is a huge trail of unpaid things.
But he’ll pay out to silence people.
All documented.

justicetoall.bsky.social•116 days ago

And not only that but now the questions remain about "Obamacare", VA healthcare, college grants & more! What will Trump/GOP cut?
There is no good thing to say about the next 4 years unless you are a multi-millionaire or billionaire! Shared gift article: ⬇️
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/16/trump-musk-ramaswamy-doge-program/

itsdaviddddddd.bsky.social•116 days ago

A tariff in Mexico AND he wants to go after 3/4 of the ag workforce… yeah we fucked

rnorthro14.bsky.social•116 days ago

Scott Jennings appeared to disagree with you.

Then again, I have some things to say about Scott Jennings that aren't so nice. Let's just say, internally he knows better and he's gaslighting as per his normal behavior on that network.

skipperone.bsky.social•116 days ago

There is a price tag for not knowing why you did what you did. That is the nice way of saying what I think of them.

skipflash.bsky.social•116 days ago

I’ve avoided Twitter for years and have only been on TikTok. I had forgotten how annoying paywall articles are

strongbroad.bsky.social•116 days ago

A rude awakening is on its way for many

msugrad70.bsky.social•116 days ago

See, the economy has lots of dollars in it, maybe even a million or more. Therefore, grocery prices will fall if every American buys two dinners a week on DoorDash. Economics 101.

lucastosborne.bsky.social•116 days ago

📌

pawpomb.bsky.social•116 days ago

I keep struggling with the idea that Trump voters were actually dumb enough to think that tariffs would lower prices and then I remember what country I'm in.

sp-fxx.bsky.social•116 days ago

trump will happily (and arrogantly ignorantly) impose financial suffering on most of his voting base and the rest of the lower and middle classes. He views them as nothing but suckers and losers.

fiphysician.bsky.social•116 days ago

It is called inflation. No one thinks that grocery prices will be coming down. Hopefully, they will just stop going up

akathebeerlady.bsky.social•116 days ago

Rational people understand this, but if you think there aren't people firmly convinced that prices are going to return to pre-pandemic prices, you're sadly mistaken.

tangowhiskey.bsky.social•116 days ago

America’s wallets: drained by tariffs. Trump’s: drained by Stormy Daniels. Consistency is key, I guess.

pimplimp.bsky.social•116 days ago

GREAT JOB MAGA!...

avirginian1.bsky.social•116 days ago

Trump voters got played BIGLY.

davidjcox.bsky.social•116 days ago

Watch him blame Biden for the impact of his tariffs … and MAGA then agree with him

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