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President Donald Trump still seems to think that “groceries” is something of an uncommon word.
“It’s such an old-fashioned term, but a beautiful term: groceries. It sort of says a bag with different things in it,” Trump said at a White House event on Wednesday, where he discussed his massive new tariffs. “Groceries went through the roof and I campaigned on that. I talked about the word ‘groceries’ for a lot.”
Trump has had an odd fixation with the word ― and an even odder fixation with the notion that it’s somehow an uncommon or “old-fashioned” word.
He mentioned it last week as “like an old-fashioned word, but it’s a beautiful word, a very descriptive word.” At a different event last week, he called it “like an old-fashioned word, but really it’s not, and people understand it.”
He also brought it up on the campaign trail, where at one point he tried to define it.
“The word ‘grocery,’ it’s a sort of simple word,” he said in October. “But it sort of means, like, everything you eat. The stomach is speaking, it always does.”
“The Daily Show” this week took to the streets to try to convince people that “groceries” was an old-fashioned word in a video you can watch here.
And on social media, Trump’s critics mocked the latest word salad over groceries:
Oh crap, I forgot to order a couple items for today's "bag with different things in it" delivery. On a related note, I wish there were some term for that. https://t.co/1J0FVUogc3
— NTodd Official 🇺🇦 (@ntoddpax) April 2, 2025He clearly hasn't bought his own groceries in decades. That's why he doesn't care about making yours more expensive. https://t.co/JWtq2SfvKC
— Minnesota DFL Party (@MinnesotaDFL) April 2, 2025Trump constantly talks about how “groceries” are an “such an old fashioned word.” And brags about how he used it while campaigning anyway.
Honest question: How is it an old fashioned word? What is the modern word for groceries that the hip people use?
I kinda suspect it’s… pic.twitter.com/rXZl09wmXC
Groceries aren't a campaign buzzword. They're a line in a family budget — and you just made them more expensive. https://t.co/1O2fA8bNtc
— Mikie Sherrill (@MikieSherrill) April 2, 2025"A bag with different things in it" is basically an analogy for what's going on inside his brain. Just a sackful of various and sundry thoughts from the bargain bin.
And he's running our country. https://t.co/yIgnJIWyHm
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Comments like these by Trump are really proof of how far removed he is from the average person.
Normal people experience grocery shopping on a weekly or more basis. Has Trump ever been in a grocery store? https://t.co/ovQcQqSIXq
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