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.
Well, it’s not as though there was a precedent for all the shitty things he’d do once he took office. Not like he said he’d do all the shitty things in the leadup to his winning the election.
Except that there was. And he did. American voters are some of the dumbest, most idiotic people on the face of the planet. If you voted for the orange turd, or tried to excuse your sitting it out by virtue of something happening outside of your country, all I have to say is FAFO.