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Pro-Trump owner shocked as grocery store that thrived for 43 years goes bankrupt under his tariffs and policies (wtfdetective.blog)

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Pro-Trump owner shocked as grocery store that thrived for 43 years goes bankrupt under his tariffs and policies Wong, who supported Trump in the last election, said he was swayed by campaign promises to reduce grocery costs. But now, as his business struggles to stay afloat, he admits the reality looks very different. Grocery inflation is at a two-year high, and prices continue to climb with no end in sight.

Wong told NPR that virtually all of his products have increased in price since early this year. For instance, a box of mabo tofu sauce — a popular Sichuan dish — has gone from $2.75 last year to $3.95 at the beginning of this year. “We just had this shipment come in yesterday — it’s $5. We cannot catch up. Every shipment coming in, we have to put a new price on it,” Wong said.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It’s starting to reach the point where I don’t really find this funny anymore and I just find it sad. Kinda like when you see an older person get scammed out of thousands of dollars by one of those IRS or tech support scams.

100%

These people were lied to on tariffs, the economy, and affordability. They were more willing to believe those lies because they've seen their cost of living skyrocket for the last four years under Biden's presidency.

It is sad. Also sad to watch people who consider themselves conscientious people cheerlead for fascism now that they think it's targeting the right people, and ignoring that they're getting targeted too.

The fact that we see so many people having regret is a good thing. I’d rather have people that realized they fucked up then people that are doubling down and defending everything Trump is doing.

Again, correct. We'll see if the candidates coming up for 2026 realize how badly they need these disaffected Republicans' votes.