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Amid economic tumult, Trump's weird rhetoric about groceries does not inspire confidence
The apparent fact that the president considers “groceries” to be an exotic term doesn’t exactly inspire confidence.
https://bsky.app/profile/stevebenen.com/post/3llwfaqga3k2z
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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/economic-tumult-trumps-weird-rhetoric-groceries-not-inspire-confidence-rcna199539
Shortly before returning to the White House, Trump revisited this theme during an appearance at the New York Stock Exchange, referencing a woman who wanted to buy three apples, but as a result of inflation, “she walked one of the apples back to the refrigerator.” (Grocery stores don’t keep apples in refrigerators.)
But more recently, Trump has shifted his attention away from what happens inside grocery stores and toward the word “groceries” itself. Consider the president’s Rose Garden remarks in which he pitched his new policy on trade tariffs.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3llub5svqod2o
“It’s such an old-fashioned term, but a beautiful term: groceries,” Trump said. “It says ‘a bag with different things in it.’”
Last week, he said something similar, declaring at another White House event that “groceries” is “a beautiful word.”
A day earlier, the president appeared on Newsmax and said, “I haven’t used the word ‘groceries.’ It’s like an old-fashioned word, but really it’s not. And people understand it.”
Around the same time, at a White House Cabinet meeting, he again referred to “groceries” as “an old-fashioned word,” adding, “but it’s a very descriptive word.”.....
Complicating matters, during the 2024 campaign, Trump assured voters that “grocery prices will come tumbling down” if he won a second term. After his victory, Time magazine asked him a rather pointed question: “If the prices of groceries don’t come down, will your presidency be a failure?”
Trump replied, “I don’t think so. Look, they got them up. I’d like to bring them down. It’s hard to bring things down once they’re up. You know, it’s very hard.”
Maybe the president should just stop talking about old-fashioned bags with different things in them altogether?
But more recently, Trump has shifted his attention away from what happens inside grocery stores and toward the word “groceries” itself. Consider the president’s Rose Garden remarks in which he pitched his new policy on trade tariffs.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3llub5svqod2o
Link to tweet
“It’s such an old-fashioned term, but a beautiful term: groceries,” Trump said. “It says ‘a bag with different things in it.’”
Last week, he said something similar, declaring at another White House event that “groceries” is “a beautiful word.”
A day earlier, the president appeared on Newsmax and said, “I haven’t used the word ‘groceries.’ It’s like an old-fashioned word, but really it’s not. And people understand it.”
Around the same time, at a White House Cabinet meeting, he again referred to “groceries” as “an old-fashioned word,” adding, “but it’s a very descriptive word.”.....
Complicating matters, during the 2024 campaign, Trump assured voters that “grocery prices will come tumbling down” if he won a second term. After his victory, Time magazine asked him a rather pointed question: “If the prices of groceries don’t come down, will your presidency be a failure?”
Trump replied, “I don’t think so. Look, they got them up. I’d like to bring them down. It’s hard to bring things down once they’re up. You know, it’s very hard.”
Maybe the president should just stop talking about old-fashioned bags with different things in them altogether?
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