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.
I mean, welcome to pretty much every Presidential campaign ever. Running on a platform of “I will rubber stamp any legislation by my party that comes across my desk, and veto everything else” just isn’t good messaging, even if that is what everyone wants anyway.
There’s deliberately lying, like what Trump always does, and there’s bending the truth a bit, like what real politicians do.
I mean, the vast majority of presidential campaign promises aren’t even within the president’s power to affect. For the most part all they can do is try to get congress to play ball.
But, since Trump has shown that he will do whatever he wants with no impunity, it’s even worse than normal since he in theory could just write executive orders to keep his promises.