A new survey has found that Americans are being squeezed by higher prices as they head into the holiday season, forcing them to cut back on gifts and delay purchases because of Donald Trump’s faltering economy.

The Associated Press–NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found that a vast majority of U.S. adults have noticed increased prices for groceries, electricity, and holiday gifts in recent months. Roughly half say it is harder to afford presents, and similar numbers say they’re postponing big purchases or trimming nonessential spending more than usual.

Those bleak findings come as Trump has been downplaying concerns about the state of the economy, while simultaneously urging families to scale back on Christmas presents for their children. At a Pennsylvania event on Tuesday, he told supporters, “You can give up certain products,” citing “pencils” as an example before turning to children’s toys: “You don’t need 37 dolls for your daughter.

  • Plurrbear@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    5 days ago

    Where’s my $2k check? Why aren’t egg prices down? Clearly, this administration doesn’t give a fuck about the people! They only care about themselves and how to line their pockets! Time to CLEAN FUCKING HOUSE! Worst 4 years of our lives!!!

    • Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      4 days ago

      Want even more fun? Look at when the next government shutdown is scheduled (funding runs out) and look at when the IRS is set to start accepting returns.

      🤡🤡🤡🤡

          • Plurrbear@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            12 hours ago

            Wake up and realize that was his whole damn platform…. Lower prices on everything but didn’t inflicting tariffs, checks for everyone but only he only is helping his billionaire homies, didn’t help farmers but hurt them, cut jobs and jobs still down in the worst history! Get off FAUX news and RESEARCH and use whatever critical thinking skills you have, if any…

            “Stop driving your gas guzzler car, asshole” Or else “climate catastrophe”.

            You sound ignorant, do you know how tariffs work? He needs to stop blaming Biden for EVERYTHING while a year later, he’s one of the worst to our economy by far in our 21st century by also being a pedo, and causing an insurrection that lead to NOTHING but a stain on America!

            He’s an embarrassment, hands down!

            • quick_snail@feddit.nl
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              10 hours ago

              What are you going on about? If you want to stop the climate catastrophe, you have to stop rich countries from polluting. That means banning carbon extraction, carbon burning, and factory farms.

  • ninexe@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    5 days ago

    Trump has a lot to do with it, but it’s not just him.

    This is the result of the working class not getting a fair return on its labor for decades. It’s only going to get worse until they fight back.

    • kent_eh@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      5 days ago

      but it’s not just him.

      It’s also the oligarchs who support him as well as the various puppeteers who control him.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        4 days ago

        And the majority of people who supported him, and the majority of voters who voted for him. Trump freaking won the popular vote!!!

        • kent_eh@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          2 days ago

          Trump freaking won the popular vote!

          Assuming the claims of voter fraud (from both sides) are not true.

          Historically, the majority of election fraud that has been discovered has been in favor of the Republicans, so it’s reasonable to assume that if there was fraud in the recent election, it was similarly inflating Trump’s numbers.

          • Buffalox@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            2 days ago

            That’s pearl clutching, because you want him to not have won by a majority vote.
            From the evidence we have he did, the rest is useless speculation.