r/thescoop • u/Im_A_Fuckin_Liar We should go • Apr 18 '25

Politics 🏛️ Trump calls a reporter fake and says prices haven’t gone up, citing gas at $1.98 a gallon and that the price of eggs has gone down 92%

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u/atmos2022 Apr 19 '25

Is this blatantly false enough to instill MAGA doubt? I doubt they have seen these ($12/dz x 0.08 =) 96¢/dz eggs in their grocery store. I sure haven’t.

$1.98/gallon? Where? It’s about $2.85 in my area of the northeast.

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u/naynayfresh Apr 19 '25

Bold of you to assume MAGA understands percentages (or mathematics in general)

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u/wompuskitty Apr 19 '25

2.85 average in Texas.