An article the president reposted on Truth Social contends that inflation isn’t as severe as critics suggest.
  • magnetosphere@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    “The high price of eggs is in no way President Trump’s fault,” Kirk writes. “Almost all the increase took place during Biden’s final months in office.”

    This attempt at misdirection is so artfully sleazy I have to appreciate it. It should be taught in classes.

    It’s still misdirection, though. It doesn’t matter WHO was in office, or WHAT the price of eggs was. Trump campaigned on the promise to lower those prices.

    He’s not annoyed because the public doesn’t understand. He’s annoyed at the public for having the audacity to call him out on his bullshit.

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I’m just over here wishing we could get both 49%'s that always vote partisan to give a shit about the working class and poor at the same time.

      For four years, one side’s angry and the other makes excuses. Then, when the other team’s guy is in charge, one 49% decides it’s their turn to make excuses and the other side pretends to give a shit.

      It would be exhausting if we weren’t all already exhausted from trying to live in this impoverished hellscape.

      • Sundray@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Someone will have to figure out how to get one of the sides to stop believing that the country would be a paradise if only their opponents could be completely eradicated, first.

        • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 days ago

          That’s true.

          But, I think when the Boomers are gone history will show that their loss will be a boost to overall social progress.

  • houstoneulers@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Classic GOP. Campaign on fixing something that they blame another admin for and then turn around and say they can’t control that thing to fulfill on their promise.

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
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      12 hours ago

      his supporters miss trumps saying he cant lower the prices when he was finally elected.

    • dantheclamman@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      That’s also what he said he would do and the most convincing reason people flipped from Biden to vote for him

  • Sundray@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    2 days ago

    “Why are you talking about that? You can’t talk about that! Biden isn’t in charge anymore, we’re all done talking about that!”

  • cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    2 days ago

    That “article”, though. I thought I had just read the intro, but it was the whole thing. It’s this what passes for online journalism now?