If I were Albertsons & Kroger & Whole Foods & etc. and I wanted to Trump to win, this is how I’d do it.
Assuming they even care at all, and were not just dicking people around purely bc they could.
But assuming not, it is like that strategy that police use when they want a raise: pay us or else, capiche?
It was not his fault - he inherited a shit storm and he did manage the enormous set of multiple crises fairly well compared to most past presidents (e.g. how would GWB or Clinton have fared given similar circumstances?) - but Americans will blame him regardless. And somewhat correctly so, bc the buck stops here, and he has not fixed either the inflation nor the housing affordability issues.
Then again, it is now month six of the fiscal year (begins in October) and Congress STILL has not passed a budget yet for 2024. Nor does the Supreme Court look… entirely functional either. So for his presidency to be THIS competent, when nothing else is right now, is nothing short of amazing. And that credit he deserves, even though the for-profit media will not offer it.
