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David James

‘Forget about meat’: Trump economics kick in as beef skyrockets to over ’18 bucks a pound’

PETA is rubbing their hands with glee right now. Ever since Donald Trump‘s second inauguration, economists have been sounding the alarm and warning that your wallet is about to take a beating. Unexpected tariff charges have already left many seriously out of pocket, but now it seems groceries (and specifically meat) are skyrocketing in price.

Over on X, user @aintscarylarry reported that the prices for his groceries are “starting to scare the s**t out of me”. He reports that he not only paid $6 for a bag of chips, but that beef has climbed to a staggering “18 bucks a pound”. As he probably rightly concludes: “we are in some deep, deep s**t people”.

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