‘You’re Fake News!’ Trump Berates NBC News Reporter for Asking Him About the Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner
President Donald Trump attacked an NBC News reporter on Friday for challenging him on the affordability of Thanksgiving dinner after he claimed it was more expensive under former President Joe Biden.
“Mr. President, since you brought up the Walmart Thanksgiving meal, and it is cheaper, but it also contains less —,” the reporter began, leading Trump to snap, “Well, I haven’t heard that. You’re telling me — Who are you with?”
When she responded she was with NBC News, Trump claimed, “Fake news! You’re fake news…NBC has gone down the tubes, along with most of the rest of them.”
The reporter persisted, saying, “Sir, if I may ask, why do you think there is such a disconnect between the economy that you’re describing day-to-day, and the way that many Americans say they’re feeling and are concerned about?”
“Well, they feel better about our country, other than the shutdown obviously, which is caused by the Democrats. Could be ended by the Democrats in two minutes. They feel much better. We have more jobs. We just set a record on jobs. You do know that. We have more investment in our country than any country in history. We are over $18 trillion as of this moment and we are going to be maybe at 20 or 21 trillion by the time I finished up my first year, and there’s been no country — China — no country in the world that’s done even close to that number,” he responded.
Trump repeated his claim that the U.S. is “the hottest country anywhere in the world,” before addressing her question on Thanksgiving dinner:
So, I just heard this yesterday that Walmart said that the Thanksgiving was 25 more expensive, 25% more expensive under Biden. That is a big — to me, that’s a big number because Walmart is respected. I mean, Walmart is Walmart. And, you know, they’re giving you prices. So, that would mean that the whole series of pricing and costs, you know, the groceries and everything else, it was a con job. It was a con job — affordability, they call it — it was a con job by the Democrats. The Democrats are good at a few things, cheating on elections and conning people with facts that aren’t true. It was 25% — Walmart just announced its two days ago — 25% cheaper this year, will be cheaper to have Thanksgiving than it was a year ago under sleepy Joe Biden.
NBC News reported that the 2025 Thanksgiving bundle at Walmart contained six fewer items than the 2024 iteration.
