Republican strategist Susan Del Percio doesn't think Americans are buying the claim that groceries have become cheaper.
Eggs hit an all-time high this week, but in an interview about his first 100 days in office, President Donald Trump told ABC News that prices were "down."
"Great times are ahead. Look, since I came in, gasoline is down. Groceries are down. Egg prices are down. Uh, many things are down. Just about everything," Trump said.
MSNBC created an infographic showing the rising prices of eggs, fuel, electricity, groceries and costs at restaurants. All show an increase.
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Host Ana Cabrera said that one thing Trump has been able to do is repeat the same thing over and over until his supporters believe it. She asked her panel whether it was a strategy that would work.
"I don't," said Del Percio. "And here's one reason why: because now Americans are going to the supermarket and they're putting their groceries on credit card. They are accumulating credit card debt, which will cost them more because they can't afford the groceries at the store. So, people know what the price is."
Cabrera noted Americans "can't escape the reality."
Del Percio agreed, "You can't escape that reality. And, you know, perhaps, I'm not of this camp, but there is a camp that said Trump's tariff plans could work out, but it's a five to 10-year proposition. Now, China could hold on, maybe for five to 10 years, because they don't care about what they do to their public, and the public can't rise up. Americans are not going to tolerate that for five or ten months."
New York Times reporter Peter Baker told Cabrera it's odd watching Trump tell people to be calm and promise things would get better.
"I think he is counseling patience, which I think is a particularly unusual advice from the most impatient person we can think of, right? This is a man who lives very short-term lives," said Baker.
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