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Posted on 11/06/2025 8:07:51 PM PST by Miami Rebel
With a social-media post that said “STOP LYIN” about there being an affordability crisis, President Trump claims he’s whipped inflation.
But consumers are still feeling the squeeze.
Target’s prices are up 5.5% nationwide this year and Walmart’s are up 5.3%, according to an analysis by DataWeave, which looked at roughly 16,000 items across each retailer’s website.
Amazon’s price hikes have averaged more than 12%, according to a report.
After seven months under Trump’s tariffs, Americans are paying more for nearly everything — from a cup of joe and plush living room sofas to children’s toys.
Inflation for food has been tamed to 3.1%, according to September’s Consumer Price Index — a far cry from the double-digit increases under President Biden.
But certain groceries, particularly meat, are still up for various reasons. Bananas are up 8.6%, mostly because of tariffs, as almost none are produced domestically. Chicken and eggs have fluctuated because of bird flu.
Beef is up across the board — up more than 19% for steak, and 14% for ground beef. Ranchers blame smaller herds because of drought. They are also helped by tariffs on foreign beef, and Trump says he’s considering consumer relief by boosting Argentinian imports.
“Putting Joe Biden’s inflation crisis firmly behind us has been a Day One priority for President Trump,” White House spokesman Kush Desai told The Post in a Thursday statement.
“Americans are paying less for essentials like gas and eggs, and today the Administration inked yet another drug pricing deal to deliver unprecedented healthcare savings for everyday Americans.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
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Re-setting trade and supply issues with China are important objectives, but their benefits will be medium- to long-term. It is to President Trump's credit that they are at last being attacked.
While this weeks' election results were awful, a lot can change in a year. If there's no improvement, the mid-terms will be tough.
The Post’s headline is over-dramatic, as is typical of everything they publish. Inflation persists in being problematic, but “raging” is, of course, an exaggeration.
The Federal Reserve has TDS.
The Trump hating Murdoch kids have taken control of the NYP. It is trash now.
Washington Post in 2022 when inflation was over 8%, more than TWICE today:
2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/07/26/inflation-causes/
It’s not Biden’s fault.
2024, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/14/inflation-american-rescue-plan-covid/
It’s under control and Biden did all he can to fix it.
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It’s nice to have the libtard media basically practice apologetics (for them this is religious) for one.
Now inflation is at 3.0%, it’s a problem, and Trump is to blame.
Trump is right to focus on energy. When oil goes down all prices go down. The Post is a tabloid run by aussie trash. They have some good columnists but that’s it.
I was listening to reports from known Conservative sources Trump got a wakeup call and his economic plan was off the rails...If the SCOTUS rules against him on the tariffs and its looking more like they will, his duck is cooked.
Wait until the dumbasses at the New Yawk “media” start blaming all of Hans Gruber Dummani’s Screwups on Trump. All the Muzzie mammies won’t be able to buy food for their kids or their goats.
Frankly, inflation tamed to acceptable level.
There will always be an inflation, because of gov wants it that way.
Inflation is the least of my worries right now.
Rise of terror, communism, crime and illicit drugs are.
Government deficit is probably the most scariest thing right now. And thinking how Schumer fights to rise it by another trillion or two!
Trump doesn’t set the prices for those things. Neither did Joe Pedo. The CEOs do that.
Price of eggs has come down - a lot
And if Trump falters or fails, you orgasm. Right?
sick POS
Biden inflation hit as high as 9 %. We are at 3% now.
This is booschidt. I don’t see any illegal aliens going home because they can’t afford the “American Dream Better Life” here. They are all happier than pigs in crap with the financial situation here. It’s only the self-unemployed Americans who are bitching because they have no money and have to riot for Soros and the Muzzies to have the dough to buy cat food.
My experience shopping is that prices are relatively stagnant. They were a bit higher after jan 21 2025 (was Joe Autopen legacy, and fear of what Trump was gonna’ do), but prices are stable to lower for me buying the same stuff. Dishonest reporting.
I don’t know about elsewhere. But grocery prices are up in my neck of the woods. It’s very noticeable. If that’s due to Trump’s tariffs, I’m okay with that. In the long run, I think tariffs will be good for this country.
But here’s the thing. Trump wants the Fed to lower interest rates. That will do nothing to rein in the current inflation. Something gotta give here.
And whatever that is, it won’t help Republican chances in the 2026 midterms.
NYP. It is trash now...
Did you see yesterday’s front page?
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