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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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[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 75 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (33 children)

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. Fear makes people do stupid things. I get it, this is what they voted for. And yes, a lot of MAGA are legitimately Nazis and deserve all the hate they get and more. But some of these people just got scammed plain and simple. When I see someone get scammed out of their life savings I don't just laugh at them and say "I told you not to fall for those IRS scams. Jesus Christ you are so fucking dumb." No, I get pissed at the scammer that took advantage of them. Fuck all those people that are actual Nazis, though.

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.

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Donny 2 Inches already had a looong track record and a previous fail presidency, when Mr Wong decided that "THIS time it will be different..!". I think it's probably ok to mock this particular one, because it doesn't appear that he's capable of learning.

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