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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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[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 69 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Wong, who supported Trump in the last election, said he was swayed by campaign promises to reduce grocery costs.

Hey Johnny boy, I'm willing to save your company if you can explain in excruciating detail, how Donald Trump doing exactly what he campaigned on was supposed to reduce prices. Spell out the specific moves, and how they actually drop prices.

Explain, since you're a very smart businessman.

Until such time, all I've got for you is two in the thoughts, one in the prayers.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They couldn't tell you, because Republicans don't actually pay attention to politics. They don't care about anything if it doesn't affect them personally.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

And they're too stupid to realize what effect things have on them personally.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

They don't care about anything if it doesn't affect them personally.

I also won't take it personally when Johnny loses everything.