Trump Explains This ‘Significant’ Campaign Pledge With A Not-So-‘Simple’ Word Salad | EUROtoday

The president-elect, who sat down with “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker on Sunday, was requested a couple of “significant” pledge he made on his Truth Social platform the place he mentioned he’d appoint a “real” particular prosecutor to go after “the most corrupt president in the history of the USA.”

Trump, who initially questioned “where” he made the pledge, advised Welker that his “retribution will be through success” when requested whether or not he’d actually go after the president.

“I’m looking to get — bring prices down. I won on two things, the border and more than immigration. You know, they like to say immigration. I break it down more to the border but I won on the border and I won on groceries,” mentioned Trump, who additionally claimed he “can’t guarantee” if his tariffs will price Americans extra.

He continued, “It’s a very simple word, groceries. Like almost — you know, who uses the word? I started using the word — the groceries. When you buy apples, when you buy bacon, when you buy eggs, they would double and triple the price over a short period of time. And I won an election based on that. We’re going to bring those prices way down.”

Trump — who’s beforehand defined that the “simple” phrase “groceries” means “everything you eat” — has been mocked resulting from his outlandish food-related claims, together with one in September the place he declared that folks can’t stroll out of their flats to purchase bread “without getting mugged or wrapped or shot.”