{"id":1048922,"date":"2021-11-23T15:58:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T20:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1048922"},"modified":"2021-11-23T15:58:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T20:58:49","slug":"college-students-shocked-by-thanksgiving-inflation-admit-americans-were-better-off-under-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-students-shocked-by-thanksgiving-inflation-admit-americans-were-better-off-under-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"College Students Shocked by Thanksgiving Inflation Admit Americans Were Better Off Under Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcollege-students-shocked-by-thanksgiving-inflation-admit-americans-were-better-off-under-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1048922&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Students in Washington, DC were shocked to hear about this year\u2019s Thanksgiving inflation, and said that Americans were better off under former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article?id=18463\">Campus Reform<\/a>\u2018s&nbsp;Addison Smith talked to students in Washington, DC about reports that 2021 could be the most costly Thanksgiving dinner in American history, amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/11\/22\/bidenflation-26-of-americans-say-economy-is-top-concern-highest-since-pandemic-struck\/\">skyrocketing<\/a>&nbsp;inflation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>When asked if the students have heard or thought about rising inflation ahead of this year\u2019s Thanksgiving, many of them said they have not.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18829090\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1354093193.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18829090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1354093193.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. President Joe Biden listens during the first North American Leaders\u2019 Summit (NALS) since 2016 in the East Room at the White House November 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. President Joe Biden listens during the first North American Leaders\u2019 Summit (NALS) since 2016 in the East Room at the White House November 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cNo, I probably should know more about that,\u201d one student said. \u201cThat\u2019s my first time hearing&nbsp;about that being a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Watch Below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Students Stunned By Thanksgiving Inflation, Say Americans Were Better Off Under Trump\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ttUKgzni8-Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersonally, no, I\u2019ve not heard of that, or thought of it at all,\u201d another answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t honestly heard about that a lot, because all my friends are just, like, planning trips \u2014 but now that you mention it, I think I should read about it,\u201d a third student said.<\/p>\n<p>Smith then mentioned that last year\u2019s Thanksgiving dinner was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/11\/26\/939286990\/thanksgiving-dinners-are-the-cheapest-theyve-been-in-decades\">reportedly<\/a> the least expensive&nbsp;in decades, adding that this year\u2019s Thanksgiving could end up being the most expensive in American history.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWow, I had no idea, and I\u2019m curious why that would be,\u201d one student reacted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s crazy to hear that, I just wish I had paid more attention to that, I don\u2019t even know, like, it\u2019s not even on my radar,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s shocking how quickly prices like that can climb. I didn\u2019t know that about last Thanksgiving,\u201d a third student said.<\/p>\n<p>Smith then read off the increased prices for popular Thanksgiving food items, mentioning that the cost of turkey went up nearly 22 percent, and that other meats, poultry, fish, and eggs have gone up 12 percent. Students appeared shocked to hear about the higher prices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese 22 percents and these percents are a big deal for [Americans families],\u201d one student said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really weird to think that, like, food staples like that are just, like, so inaccessible and expensive,\u201d another reacted.<\/p>\n<p>Students planning on traveling for the holidays were also shocked to hear that they will end up paying up to&nbsp;50 percent more for gas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWow,\u201d one student said. \u201cI didn\u2019t even consider any of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked, students said that American families were better off financially under Trump than under President Joe Biden, with one student claiming that even his \u201cliberal\u201d friends&nbsp;prefer Trump or Obama\u2019s economy to Biden\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana Mastrangelo on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\/\">Facebook<\/a> and Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students in Washington, DC were shocked to hear about this year\u2019s Thanksgiving inflation, and said that Americans were better off under former President Donald Trump. 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