Felon Repeats Stupid Lies About Gas And Egg Prices

CNN’s Daniel Dale reports:

Gas. Groceries. Eggs. Over the last week, President Donald Trump has lied about the price of all of them — using this repeated deception to try to minimize widespread concerns that his tariffs will fuel inflation. Here is a fact check. Trump claimed Thursday that gas prices “hit $1.98 yesterday in a couple of states.” That wasn’t true. No state had an average gas price below $2.70 per gallon on Wednesday, according to data from AAA, which reported a national average of about $3.17 per gallon.

Trump claimed last Thursday and Friday that grocery prices “are down” and then claimed Tuesday that they have “come down.” False again. Average grocery prices in March were up about 0.49% from February, according to federal Consumer Price Index data, which was the biggest month-to-month jump since October 2022.

Egg prices have spiked over the past year amid a bird flu outbreak. Trump claimed Tuesday that “as you know, the cost of eggs has come down like 93, 94% since we took office.” That is wildly inaccurate. A decline of 93% or 94% from the national average consumer cost of a dozen large Grade A eggs in January, about $4.95, would mean that eggs are now costing consumers under 38 cents per dozen.

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No, the price of eggs hasn’t fallen 93% since Trump came back in. No, the overall price of groceries isn’t down. No, there wasn’t any state, let alone three, where gas was $1.98 last week.

The president has been lying about a bunch of prices. Fact check: https://t.co/frUaFfVtTg

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 24, 2025