In a baffling address that even avowed allies called “pointless” on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump bragged that he was “bringing those high prices down” and “bringing them down very fast.”
There’s just one teeny, tiny problem with that: Reality.
The actual story of food prices and affordability in 2025 doesn’t really line up with Trump’s claims, according to November data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released on Thursday morning.
The BLS report found that “the index for food increased 2.6% over the last year,” with the index for meat, poultry, fish and eggs rising 4.7%, nonalcoholic beverages rising 4.3%, cereals and bakery products increasing by 1.9%, and fruit and vegetables rising 0.1% over the last 12 months,
The index for dairy and related products did decrease 1.6% over the same period, per the report.
