Trump’s 'immediate' election-winning promise to Americans has been completely exposed
Donald Trump promised a lot of things would be resolved on the very first day of his second presidential term – such as the war in Ukraine, which the US president is meeting Russian president Vladimir Putin to discuss – and now, new government statistics have completely undermined a pledge on the pr...
As a reminder, back in August last year, Trump said during a press conference in which he was surrounded by groceries: “When I win, I will immediately bring prices down.”
Talking specifically about food, he pointed to items behind him and said: “I don’t like the tags very much. Look at that, up 46 per cent, eggs. Wow. Up 65 per cent – school lunch is up 65 per cent.
As U.S. president Donald Trump's tariffs take effect, experts warn grocery prices in Canada could once again spike
Food price increases driven by inflation were not isolated to Canada, but other countries handled this issue very differently.
Bester said the way the Mexican government handled major grocers in their country was more direct, and prevented prices on groceries from increasing as drastically as they did in Canada.
Last year, Mexico's government signed an agreement to control the price of a number of "basic" foods --- 24 items in the "bread basket" including pasteurised whole milk, basic cornflour, packaged bread, whole chicken, rice, vegetable oil, and canned sardines, set at a maximum price to 910 pesos (about $60CAN). Major retailers, including Walmart, agreed to the terms.
"The government really took more of a carrot and a stick approach to freezing the prices of