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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

White House melts down after Walmart admits it had planned price cuts well before Trump’s announcement

The White House has lashed out after a news website accused Donald Trump of “taking credit” for a Walmart discount by revealing that the supermarket’s offer was already in place before he championed it.

Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday that the retail giant would be “dropping the price for a pound of ground beef by almost 15 percent,” which he said had been instigated “at my Administration’s request.”

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