President Donald Trump lashed out at an NBC reporter after she fact-checked him on the affordability of grocery prices.
During a White House meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday, Trump touted Walmart's Thanksgiving meal promotion, which the company said was cheaper than in 2024. Fact checkers, however, pointed out that the promotional meal contained fewer items, used generic brands, and featured a smaller turkey.
"Mr. President, since you brought up the Walmart Thanksgiving meal, and it is cheaper, but it also contains less," the reporter noted.
"Well, I haven't heard that, you're telling me," Trump shot back. "Who are you with?"
"I'm with NBC News, sir," the reporter replied.
"Fake news!" Trump bellowed. "NBC, you're fake news! NBC's gone down the tubes along with most of the rest of them."
"Why do you think there's such a disconnect between the economy that you're describing today and the way many Americans say that people in and are concerned about our country right now?" the reporter pressed.
"Other than the shutdown, obviously, which is caused by the Democrats, could be ended by the Democrats in two minutes," Trump insisted. "They feel much better. We have more jobs."
"So I just heard this yesterday that Walmart said that the Thanksgiving was 25 more expensive, 25% more expensive under Biden," he continued. "That's a big, to me, that's a big number, because Walmart's respected. I mean, Walmart is Walmart, and, you know, they're giving you prices."
"So that would mean that the whole series of pricing and costs, you know, the groceries and everything else, it was a con job. It was a con job, affordability, they call it, was a con job by the Democrats. The Democrats are good at a few things, cheating in elections and conning people with facts that aren't true."
Trump repeated the claim that the Thanksgiving meal cost was down 25%.
"Walmart just announced it!" he exclaimed. "Two days ago, 25% cheaper! This year will be cheaper to have Thanksgiving than it was a year ago under Sleepy Joe Biden!"