President Trump lambasted an NBC News reporter who pointed out discrepancies in this year's Walmart Thanksgiving meal package Friday as Trump continues to cite it as an example of lower prices under his administration.
According to the retail giant’s website, this year’s meal serves 10 people for under $4 per person. Last year, Walmart’s holiday meal served eight people for less than $7 per person.
But this year's package also includes fewer items and some of those items will be Walmart's store brand instead of name brands. Those details were cited by the reporter before Trump jumped in to declare NBC "fake news."
“Mr. President, since you brought up the Walmart Thanksgiving meal, and it is cheaper but it also contains less,” the reporter asked.
“I haven’t heard that,” Trump interrupted. “Who are you with?”
“You’re fake news,” the president said when the reporter identified themselves as with the network.
“NBC’s gone down the tubes with most of the rest of them.”
The reporter went on to ask Trump why there is a disconnect between the economy he is describing and the concern Americans feel about rising costs.
“Well, they feel better about our country right now, other than the shutdown obviously, which is caused by the Democrats. Could be ended by the Democrats in two minutes,” he said.
Trump has been using the Walmart Thanksgiving meal example as a way to amplify his administration's efforts to bring down prices. But annual inflation rose to 3 percent in September, the same rate as when he took office in January, meaning prices are rising at the same rates as they were during the end of the Biden administration.
Source: The Hill - News
