It doesn’t matter how many times Donald Trump tries to claim prices are falling. Americans are feeling the burden of skyrocketing prices on critical goods like groceries, clothing, and electricity — all thanks to Trump.
CNN: “Fact check: Trump falsely claims grocery prices are down”
“Average grocery prices were about 2.41% higher in March 2025 than they were in March 2024, Consumer Price Index data shows. This was the highest year-over-year grocery inflation rate since August 2023.”
CNN: “Fact check: Trump falsely claims gas prices hit $1.98 in some states”
“That’s not true. No state had an average gas price even close to $1.98 per gallon on Wednesday. The two states that were tied with the lowest average gas price on Wednesday, Mississippi and Tennessee, were both at $2.70 per gallon, according to data provided by AAA.”
Bureau of Labor Statistics: March 2025: Grocery prices rose by 0.485%, the most since October 2022.
CBS News: “As ongoing inflation continues to deplete household budgets, perhaps nowhere is the pinch felt more strongly than in grocery aisles. …
“[E]ggs, meat and poultry soared almost unanimously, reaching over 9% or higher than just a year before — tripling the general rate of inflation”
Bureau of Labor Statistics: “The average price of electricity per KWH in the U.S. increased to $0.181 — the highest price on record.”
Patrick De Haan, @GasBuddyGuy: “Average gas prices compared to a month ago: up in nearly all states”
Meanwhile, prices are predicted to get *even higher*.
Yale Budget Lab: “Food prices rise 2.6% in the short-run and stay 2.8% higher in the long-run. Fresh produce is initially 5.4% more expensive”
Yale Budget Lab: “The price level from all 2025 tariffs rises by 3% in the short-run, the equivalent of an average per household consumer loss of $4,900 in 2024$ … The [long-term] price increase settles at 1.6%, a $2,600 loss per household. …
“The 2025 tariffs disproportionately affect clothing and textiles, with consumers facing 87% higher shoe prices and 65% higher apparel prices in the short-run. Shoes and apparel prices stay 29% and 25% higher in the long-run respectively.”
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