Summary

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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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.

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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.

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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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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”

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I was watching some jubilee youtube content (do not recommend) but the number one thing i have to say about conservatives is they suffer from some crazy form of indignation. Like, these were recorded pre-election and one guy was outright furious that kamala was campaigning as if project 2025 was trumps plan. Never mind it’s plain to see that would be their plan. Never mind that is exactly what we are seeing today. This same guy, if I stopped him on the street today would be mad about something entirely different and never even take a second to recognize how massively wrong he was. Jus’ out there being indignant about some other meaningless gop grievance.

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You’re off by about 6 million on the voting number, but I mostly agree with the rest of your point. Only other thing I’d push back on is that statement that this is only Trump’s doing. I believe the Conservative Party has been moving toward this moment for decades, with or without Trump. He’s just a great tool for them.

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…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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Oh but we are going to let him get away with it, just like we’ve allowed him to get away with everything in his first term. This piece of shit is going to die like a wet fart and we’re going to allow it. Because we’re mostly sayers, not doers. We’ll say we’ll do this, but won’t do it. We keep hoping for karma or some invisible deity to come in and save us, but it won’t ever happen.

The reason Trump is ever in office both times, was because he is the poster-boy for hate, bigotry, ignorance and all things that incels, racists, xenophobes and bigots all look up to. They feel if he’s office, they get to get away with everything because there’ll be nobody or nothing to slow them down and this administration will enable it.

God fucking bless america. /s

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Because of monetary policy?

His project 2025 he’s clearly following does have a section on the Federal reserve, and its far tighter than it is now. I can see prices fall as shelter prices collapse.

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Without an increase in supply, how much could housing prices actually decline? My bet? Not much.

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You think people can afford to pay cash?

I think people sign up for 30 year mortgages because interest rates are below real inflation and they can make an arbitrage, as they benefit from the cantillon effect because ‘housing always goes up’.

I also think cheap debt drives shortages in housing, its a symptom of currency debasement and does not reflect a support for prices.

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Inflation was always going to go back up, and they all damn well knew it. Expect interest rates to stay high for the foreseeable future.

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

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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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I’m not happy about it or anything, but at least in this scenario it becomes entirely feasible for all of these fascist clowns to (technically anyway) choke to death on cock, so I’m understandably conflicted

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Nah they’ll just blame the “deep state” government for not stopping it while still defending Trump just like they did during COVID.

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The ostrich method appears to be popular lately. We’ve banned all discussion of climate change for example in at least one state. We’ve even passed the law saying it isn’t real.

I don’t get it. If the method is so effective, just say it’s gone.

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Birds… Migrations… Immigrants! There … blame deflection complete in two steps only.

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RFK JR has measles covered.

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“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

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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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Everything about this dude is so off-putting. He just looks condescending in every picture

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He’d look so much more normal without the eyeliner.

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It’s not eyeliner, he just has dark lashes. My complaint is him trying to use a mediocre beard to hide his chubby cheeks.

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