Why have groceries been up in price every month since Trump took office?

[Anonymous]

For millions of voters, the defining issue of this week's elections across multiple states was affordability — particularly the cost of groceries. But Trump insists the economy has been strong during his second term.

https://www.alternet.org/cnn-host-republican-prices/?

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Because Trump is trying to save our economy and do something about the slave labor in farming industry. Since the slave labor one is kind of self explanatory I'll explain the economics of his strategy and why he believes that America will have to go through a time of difficulty in order to save the economy.

Our world economy at the moment is based on something called centralized banking.

Back in the day, you went to work made 20 bucks, you could go to the federal reserve get 20 bucks worth of gold (sorta)

Today, you can make 20 bucks in any currency and that currency is almost certainly backed by the American dollar. Almost like our money has taken on the role hold would have in the past.

This is not the first time in world history centralized banking has happened and it's followed almost exactly the same set of events:

1. A country becomes so powerful, it has the ability to control and regulate trade in a meaningful way (think ending WWII, Bombing people who charge us too much for gas, overthrowing governments that get too friendly with our enemies)

This country is made into the centralized bank slowly over time until world powers formalize it. At this point the country is at its most powerful and transitions from producing goods to consuming goods.

This is a very important piece of the equation to understand because everything pivots on this issue. The reason centralized banking always fails is because when everyone needs your money to trade goods, you must print money to keep the circulation going. This creates a situation where it becomes cost effective to outsource labor. And this is the mechanism by which a country gets into trouble.

As time goes on the country goes from making a profit on import/export to running a deficit or making less money than what's being sent outside to other traders.

This is a mathematic issue with centralized banking and politically, the only way to fix it is to invest in the country, increase manufacturing which drives up costs of products temporarily until trade can be established with another powerful country with a large enough volume of trade to reciprocate with ours. Like Egypt, China, Russia, Argentina, Venezuela, Turkey, maybe one day Africa etc.

Trump has spent the past several years preparing for this moment. There's a reason the big corporations don't want you to know he's getting along great with other world leaders. He has essentially been conducting a series of power plays to setup what could be thought of as a trade cartel. That's why they're all smiling when they're with him because if he can fix America's exonomy which he has done about 70% of the leg work on, the US and anyone trading with us will likely be rich like in the guided era for another 70 or so years.

I know it's a lot to take in, I did gloss over some details I'll try my best to answer any questions

[Asker]

Boy, you've come up with quite an imaginary story there, along with lots of conspiracy theories. The truth is that Trump is incapable of fixing anything. This is the man who bankrupted seven businesses, including a casino, and managed to get himself impeached once and almost twice. He is not capable of doing the things you suggest, and he doesn't have the intellectual ability to do the things you suggest.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Well, let's think about it for 2 seconds. he's a multi billionaire, he still owned pretty much all the businesses and they still made him money so what does that tell you about his decision he made to file for bankruptcy?

Which in case you didn't know, is a process by which an entity is released from debts once certain criteria is fulfilled.

It sounds like you're thinking about bankruptcy like when someone runs a company into the ground and needs to abandon ship or what happens to someone who suffers a financial calamity like after a divorce for example.

[Asker]

I know about Bankruptcy, and I also know that Trump is a business failure X 7. He managed to bankrupt a Casino!

[Telekinetic-Potato]

You mean the Taj mahal. It's widely considered the gold standard in playing bankruptcy law by the way.

He opened a casino using other people's money and attached the debt to a company which gave him separation. He financed it with high interest loans which ne knew would never be paid back. He sold the finances stake in the company and licensed out his name back to them in return for controlling ownership and a salary.

That's the guy negotiating the deals bringing billions of dollars of investments here. the guy who's telling the pharmaceutical and health insurance companies that they have to base their pricing off the lowest price the same medicine is sold for around the world. The same guy who threatened to end apple if they didn't start building manufacturing here.

[Asker]

So he is a criminal, a grifter, a thief, and a sociopath. Nothing to be proud of.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

That's what made it the gold standard. It was totally legal. He ran on being able to beat the politicians at their own game silly goose

[OneViewpoint]

Obama. Definitely Obama. And Biden. And Harris. And Mamdani. And AOC. And Bernie Sanders. And Liz Warren.

It was everyone but tRump, aka

• TACO
• Cheeto Jesus
• the Orange Man Baby
• Putin's Bitch
• Mango Mussolini
• our Fondling Father
• Sweet Potato Hitler
• Don Whoreleone
• Pumpkin Spice Stalin
• Kim Don Un
• Cheeto Benito
• Don The Con
• the Tangerine Toddler
• The Orange Shitler
• The Lyin King

[Anonymous]

He never had a plan, just like ending the Ukraine war. He just says he'll fix things he knows are a problem. Also, once his final election ended, he no longer needs his base's approval. He either ends his term and someone else runs or he cancels the election and stays in power until he does. He is beholden to no one now except himself so he has no incentive or interest in fixing anyone's problems except his own.

[Anonymous]

That's actually not true at all, they were at an historic high under Biden and they've been coming steadily down under Trump. Inflation was at 9% when he took office and it's 3% now and continuing to fall. The primary driver of grocery prices is the cost of energy and fuel, which has been cut in half by Trump.

[DryGermanGuy]

"Whatchu talkin 'bout, Willis?" Everything is going perfectly!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/cMAd3Ze4lrA

[sawno]

Because they didn't fix the issues yet. At least I haven't heard about them fixing the issues to the point inflation is stopped. Neither have I ever seen anyone in our lifetime cause deflation.

[lightbulb27]

some are up and some are not.

unknown... probably tariffs and decline of the dollar due to policies.

oil is level for now, some things are down.

[noohair]

Businesses will absorb increased costs until they have to raise prices. Over the last 5 years the price of an ounce of gold had doubled, so the paper dollars are worth half of what they were 5 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Takes time to fix Bidenomics. But the prices are not up everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Prices never fall but in a good economy they rise slower

[Titlover01]

It’s unreal how expensive the u. s has gotten under him he needs to go

[blackeagle007]

Trump lives in place called delusional land

[Twalli]

Because he lives in a state of delusion.

[OddBeMe]

Wait, he said it was down. Was he lying?

[Anonymous]

I'm not American so I haven't really noticed.