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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.

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[–] casmael@lemm.ee 16 points 13 hours ago

Trump take egg :,(

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 9 hours ago

Im gonna need you to get all the way off my back on this /s (pitch meeting reference)

[–] LilDumpy@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

Here's a picture of egg prices on Saturday March eighth, twenty twenty-five (03/08/2025).

This is in SoCal at Aldi which typically has the lowest prices in the area.

Image transcription: picture of the cost of a dozen eggs on a fridge door in an Aldi grocery store, reading eight dollars and twelve cents.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Limit two eggs per customer

[–] LilDumpy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

$4 per egg. :(

[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I see they're treating eggs like they're toilet paper with the limit customer sign. Did they think these are flying off the shelf? Who's buying these, egg scalpers?

[–] LilDumpy@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Tbh, I don't think they really care or enforce the limit.

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[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

Where's the Trump "I did this" stickers like I saw at gas pumps with Biden, anyway? At least this one would have some semblance of truth to it, with the bird flu mismanagement.

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 hours ago

Gullable idiots.

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

Keep hammering him on everything. Whiny ass Trump can't take being hated.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

We as a species need to learn that there are things a president doesn't, can't, and often shouldn't be able to control. It's so much easier to point out that shit is bad than it is to fix it given the opportunity.

Egg prices being high was the stupidest thing to base a vote on.

[–] nobody158@r.nf 10 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

And yet exit polls showed that was one of the things that people said was a reason they voted for him.....

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

See, things like this really make want me to require some kind of test to vote. Before you all dogpile me, yes, I know it's bad.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the average American."

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

He is triggered, so talk more about egg, wear a t-shirt about eggs, and talk about egg recipes, everything about eggs, search everyday on Google about eggs.

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Egg him on, so to speak? Ensure everyone is aware of the egg on his face? Can't make an omelette without cracking a few eggs, by the way.

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

well deserved upvote... well deserved.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This is what his supporters want, to be told to shut up. That's Trump "telling it like it is". They hate it when leaders feign sympathy.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Everybody hates it when people feign sympathy.

The thing I'm still trying to figure out about MAGAs is, do they hate it when leaders show genuine sympathy or disbelieve that it's possible at all?

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 hours ago

It's a bit of both, for sure.

I think they'd be attracted to genuine sympathy, which is why there's crossover between Trump and Bernie supporters.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 2 points 10 hours ago

Ha ha ha the Orange Turd can’t even get egg prices down.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml -1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 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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[–] TheProtagonist@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Next on TV: "There is no discussion about egg prizes. Eggs don't even exist!"

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