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.

  • ThePantser@sh.itjust.works
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    8 hours ago

    First: tax Musk and then give us all millions, then we can talk about the millions you are saving us.

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      7 hours ago

      Might want to adjust your wording; it sounds like you think muskrat’s billions could be divided among all 300+ million people in the US and result in millions of dollars each, which obviously is not how that works. If that is in fact what you think and not just ambiguous wording, then definitely go run through the math again real quick

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        4 hours ago

        Maybe not, but we would each get about 700k in assets if we taxes the billionaires out of existence.

        This would crash the economy though, as normies sell. I prefer the way China does it, where the government just puts party members on the company board to make the company align with country interests

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        6 hours ago

        It was satire, if orange man can exaggerate the “savings” I can exaggerate the millions we would get, but if all billionaires were taxed correctly the resulting influx of money would definitely help offset the cost of eggs.