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Lying about prices is one of the dumbest types of political lie, because everyone who hears the lie will see the truth when they go to the store. The truth will be right in their face when they ring up at the checkout. Even people who desperately want to be fooled will have to work at it

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President Donald Trump keeps touting the fact that Walmart’s promotional Thanksgiving meal basket is cheaper this year than it was last year. But Trump hasn’t mentioned that this year’s basket is different than last year’s – in particular, that it contains significantly fewer items. This year’s basket contains 15 products, six fewer than the 21 products in the 2024 basket. If you’re counting each individual item (like each can of green beans) separately, it’s 22 items this year compared to 29 items last year. In addition, items from Walmart’s “Great Value” store brand make up a greater percentage of this year’s basket than last year’s, which included a larger proportion of name brands.
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when it comes to this kind of thing, keep in mind that Trump doesn't know anything, and the people surrounding him feed him false information that he then regurgitates.

Austin enough he misunderstands what people are telling him anyway.

It's not so much lying about prices as it is being so disconnected from reality that he wouldn't know what's true anyway.

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