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Carl Higbie was right to call it a rescue mission: when President Trump pointed to real-world price relief at the grocery store this week, hardworking Americans noticed. The president pointed to a prominent retailer’s Thanksgiving meal promotion showing a sharp year-over-year discount and used that concrete example to argue that conservative policies are already easing the burden on families. This wasn’t theatre — it was a signal to shoppers that the free market responds when leaders prioritize energy production and supply-chain fixes.
The left and legacy media tried to wave the moment away, but ordinary people don’t live on abstract indices; they live on the prices they pay at checkout. Trump hammered that point: lower energy costs, fewer regulatory choke points and a stronger supply chain put downward pressure where it matters most. Democrats prefer lectures and virtue signaling; conservatives prefer results that put food on the table.
Fact-checkers sniffed around the retailer’s promotion — and yes, there are nuances — but nuance does not negate relief. Independent reviews found parts of the advertised Thanksgiving package were changed from last year, which explains some of the sticker-shock difference, yet retailers cutting prices for holiday bundles still means savings for families who shop smart and shop where deals exist. Americans fed up with endless inflation know a deal when they see one, and they’ll take every dollar back into their household budgets.
Meanwhile, Democrats rushed to scold the president for not delivering instant, utopian price drops, even as they ignore their own failed policies that helped drive costs higher. A number of prominent Democrats demanded immediate action and blasted the administration for perceived inaction instead of competing on ideas that actually lower costs for consumers. That partisan posturing signals fear — not strength — because the voters are starting to notice relief at the register.
Let’s be honest: President Trump himself has admitted the job isn’t magic — he told reporters it’s “very hard” to bring prices down once they’ve been pushed up — but his point was realism married to strategy. He’s focused on energy, trade and deregulation to bring sustained downward pressure on costs rather than temporary gimmicks. Voters want durable solutions, not press-release promises, and this administration is offering the former while the opposition offers only excuses.
Predictably, the narrative police jumped on the next talking point — turkey prices, avian flu and other manufactured outrages — to distract from the trajectory of recovery many households are starting to feel. Senators and commentators loudly proclaimed doom on holiday staples even as policy changes begin to open supply lines and lower input costs in sectors like energy and transportation. The media’s obsession with headline panic won’t change the fact that policy that unleashes American production delivers measurable relief.
Patriots know the difference between endless hand-wringing and the quiet work of rebuilding an economy that serves families first. If conservatives keep pushing policies that expand supply, cut red tape and defend domestic production, more Thanksgivings will look like the one families are starting to enjoy this year. The critics can keep grading on partisan curves — the rest of us will keep feeding our families and standing behind leaders who fight to lower prices and restore American prosperity.
