Former President Donald Trump said “a lot of people” don’t have the funds to buy “a cart full” of groceries.
“Prices have to come down,” Trump told Elon during a live interview on X. “You see bacon is four or five times what it was a few years ago. When you look at the groceries in the grocery store, people can’t believe it. They used to be able to buy a cart full, and now a lot of people don’t have the money. They go to the store and can’t buy anything.”
During the interview, Trump also spoke Regarding the situation in which people in the country “cannot buy food because they don’t have enough money.”
“We’re coming up to an election and people want to hear about the economy and the fact that people can’t buy groceries because they don’t have enough money to buy groceries,” Trump said. “Inflation is hurting people. Food prices are up 50 percent, 60 percent, in some cases 100 percent.”
Food prices have risen under the Biden administration. In 2021, food prices will rise Increased According to TheStreet, food price increases are expected to slow to 6.3 percent in 2020 and 10.4 percent in 2022. In 2023, food price increases will “slow” to 2.7 percent.
The media cited supply chain issues, rising production costs and increased demand as some of the factors behind the rise in food prices.
