Ben Shapiro says Trump's remark dismissing empty shelves and higher prices is a “tremendous commercial for Democrats”
Shapiro harshly criticizes Trump for saying that “maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally.”
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From the May 1, 2025, edition of The Daily Wire's The Ben Shapiro Show
BEN SHAPIRO (HOST0: But I will say that politically speaking, President Trump is not setting himself up for success when he says what he said yesterday. So yesterday, President Trump suggested that this is not a big deal, that if there are problems with these supply chains and things just don't arrive on the shelves, you know, no biggie.
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DONALD TRUMP: They made a trillion dollars with with Biden. A trillion dollars, even a trillion one with Biden selling this stuff — much of it we don't need.
You know, somebody said, oh, the shelves are gonna be open. Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally.
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OK. That is not a dog that is going to hunt in any sort of future election for Republicans.
Maybe they won't have 30 dolls for kids. Maybe they will have two, and maybe they'll cost more. No biggie.
That is a let them eat cake approach to politics. It would be bad if the Democrats said it. It'd be bad if Republicans said it.
And the reality is that when Americans feel that their choices in the market are constrained, when they have to pay more for their kids' toys, when they are told that it's not a big deal if their kid has to have fewer toys because of inflation, they are not going to feel the same way that President Trump just articulated.
That is a tremendous commercial for Democrats. President Trump should be avoiding language like that, obviously.