White Folks FURIOUS as Grocery Prices SKYROCKET Under Trump… Black Americans React

Added: 2026-05-11

[00:00:00]talk to the people right here that are paying 30, 40, 50% more for their groceries, which I think I can say is right.

[00:00:07]>> It's a disgrace because of what I do. I haven't been in these stores in a long time. You know, >> is it just me or have groceries increase?

[00:00:16]Last week, I was at Walmart. I get baby wipes cuz I need them for my two sons.

[00:00:24]Went from 98 to $1.17. That's like a 20 cent raise. Like that's ridiculous. 4 and 12 lbs of ground beef at Walmart.

[00:00:34]$36.

[00:00:36]That was like the 7030 fat count. Like what did they expect us to eat with prices so insane?

[00:00:48]I know some of it's from what's going on in the Middle East and gas prices and everybody's scared and so they're raising prices. Well, the average American can't afford prices to go up 20 cents on everything or a dollar or more.

[00:01:03]Like, like, it's just ridiculous. I can't even buy meat for my family.

[00:01:09]>> If you want to know how big of a problem hunger is in rural America, spend time at a mobile food bank.

[00:01:16]>> It's 90% of what I consume.

[00:01:18]>> 74year-old Laorna Hall made sure to be the first at this line in Clinton, Missouri. You've been here since last night.

[00:01:25]>> Yeah.

[00:01:27]>> It's that important to get what you need.

[00:01:29]>> Yes. And I don't keep the car running. I can't afford the gas. So, I have sleeping bags to stay warm.

[00:01:37]>> Folks here share a similar raw reality.

[00:01:39]>> I still feel bad that I have to come up here and set a line, you know, to get food. It's embarrassing as hell.

[00:01:47]>> Leo and Donita Barnett are among the 175 households receiving food today. Thank God we got it. We'd probably be sitting down there laying underneath a tree somewhere.

[00:01:58]>> It's a matter of life or death.

[00:02:00]>> It is. It is.

[00:02:01]>> Pastor Marty Reese oversees the distribution.

[00:02:04]>> We're We're in serious times. I mean, people are struggling. Cost of living has went up. Everything has went higher.

[00:02:10]>> Are you seeing more people coming through these lines?

[00:02:12]>> We used to see maybe 50 to 60 cars. It's doubled and it's probably going to get worse. Feeding nearly 375,000 people falls on Harvesters, a nonprofit food network. But cuts to government programs, including more than a billion dollars in federal food aid, along with rising inflation, translates to fewer donations than previous years. One in seven people in 27 counties across Kansas and Missouri are food insecure.

[00:02:39]>> So, this is all donations right here.

[00:02:41]Elizabeth Kever says the need is the highest it's been in a decade and they expect more people as the government shutdown continues and SNAP payments are withheld.

[00:02:51]>> We have a rising number of people facing food insecurity and less resources to tackle it.

[00:02:56]>> What does that mean for the average family >> folks that are utilizing food pantries?

[00:03:01]They're going to see less unfortunately.

[00:03:03]Another challenge is the recent Trump administration order cancelling the annual USDA report on food insecurity, claiming it's become politicized.

[00:03:12]>> Without that vital data, um, we'd be operating in the dark.

[00:03:16]>> There's a message from locals to politicians bickering a thousand miles away.

[00:03:21]>> Let's quit fighting. Democrats and Republicans, come on. There's people out here starving to death. If Congress had to live on the budgets that we live on, they wouldn't survive >> because in the food line, hunger pains are nonpartisan.

[00:03:38]Ian Lee, CBS News, Clinton, Missouri.

[00:03:42]>> I'm sorry, guys. I really try not to get political on my page, but when I seen these prices this morning, I was like, what in the war? What in the Trump are these prices right now? So, look. You see what that say? A125 for corn each. I have never eat ever ever seen one piece of corn cost $1.25 each. And then I was scanning some more lemons.

[00:04:15]64 cents each for one lemon. It's actually 64 cents. That is very very expensive. Wait, I think I seen something else that kind of blew my mind. Oh, somebody who I was working with, who I work with, she was telling me about the price of bell peppers. I don't think we got them priced cuz we had to move them. But she was telling me that each bell pepper now is $1.25.

[00:04:45]And she was like, "Look how small they are." I mean, these prices are going through the roof. And wait, walk with me. She told me one more price that was expensive. Now with this I can say this price do go up seasonal but right now we going into the season where this price should not be this high on this product but she can't stop talking about it.

[00:05:10]Look watermelon $942 each. That's usually a winter time price. Um, but everything is truly going up up up. I hope we ready for this. This going to be a long ride, y'all.

[00:05:28]>> We're doing really well.

[00:05:30]>> Can I ask you, Mr. President, on that point though, when the stock market is doing well, that doesn't affect everybody. Not everybody's invested in the stock market. But there have been grocery prices, >> 401ks, people are 401ks. Their 401ks are double what they were a year ago. But for people that don't have 401ks or not invested in the stock market, they've seen their grocery prices go up.

[00:05:51]Inflation, >> no, you're wrong. They went up under Biden. Right now, they're going down.

[00:05:55]Other than beef, which we're working on, which we can sell very quickly.

[00:05:58]>> Is it tariffs? Is it price gouging? Look at these prices in my small hometown of rural Washington.

[00:06:09]again.

[00:06:36]Are you Done.

[00:07:13]We voted for Trump because he promised while he was campaigning like a million times that when he got into office he was going to bring down prices, bring down grocery prices. Uh the inflation has been high ever since co and he promised he would bring that down. But it's obvious to me now that that was not true. Uh egg prices have skyrocketed. Uh the bird flu is killing all the birds and he doesn't seem to be doing anything about that. He's stopping uh disease communications from the disease centers in America. Pulled us out of the WHO.

[00:07:42]Like, how does that help anything? And yeah, all he's been doing is taking away rights and freedoms or trying to. He's not doing anything about the economy.

[00:07:51]So, yeah, we totally regret our vote at this point. We've had a really tough time here in North Carolina. Um, half of my house got washed away in Hurricane Helen and I applied for FEMA assistance and we got approved. Um, but now Trump is cancelling FEMA and emergency assistance to people. He's also canled uh medic.

[00:08:13]>> Wait a minute. Wasn't the promise lower prices and stronger economy. So why are people now walking into grocery stores and they're shocked at the prices they can barely afford? You know, prices of eggs up, meat is up, basic food prices climbing higher and higher every day.

[00:08:31]And now even some MAGA voters are starting to ask is this what we really voted for? Because when the check out line start hoting people financially, suddenly politics becomes real. Stay with me. Credit goes to all original creators of the clips in this episode.

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[00:08:51]Recent report revealed that Maine has one of the highest costs of food and groceries in the country. Food pantries in our state are noticing the rise in families needing help. The food is very expensive lately and they're they're grateful to have this resource for them.

[00:09:05]>> The food pantry at Freeport Community Services helps more than 120 families per week, many of which face sticker shock at the grocery store. Coming to the food pantry makes the difference between having four bags of groceries instead of just two.

[00:09:19]>> A report from Trace 1 using federal data found Maine ranks sixth in the country for the amount of money people spend to buy groceries. with an average family of four spending $317 a week.

[00:09:32]>> But the food insecurity certainly I've never seen it at this level.

[00:09:36]>> How many families are you helping right now?

[00:09:39]>> Between 8 and 900 every week.

[00:09:41]>> Hundreds of more families than the Harrison Food Bank was helping this time last year. Food pantries then started noticing new faces. Sweat says some of Maine's older residents didn't know where else to turn.

[00:09:54]>> There are people that are very proud in Maine. the old elderly people that have never gone to DHS. They don't know how to go to DHS.

[00:10:03]>> According to Maine DHS, about 160,000 Mayers are signed up for SNAP benefits.

[00:10:09]That number hasn't changed much over the past 5 years. The average household in Maine received $168 per month after the CO era funding ended. We have information on our website, wgme.com, to help you find out if you qualify for SNAP benefits and how to apply if you are in need of help with the cost of food and groceries. Now, let's really break this down because this conversation is bigger than politics.

[00:10:34]It's about everyday life. People are struggling with grocery prices across America and frustration is growing fast.

[00:10:41]And many voters who supported Donald Trump based on economic promises and now questioning why basic necessities feel harder to afford. Now to be fair, inflation is not caused by one thing alone. Global supply chain disruption, corporate pricing, energy cost, international conflict, and tariff all play a role. But critics are specifically pointing at tariff policies and trade decisions connected to Donald Trump, arguing that increased import cause eventually affect American consumers at the checkout line. And that's where the frustration is coming from because people don't experience the economy through speeches. They experience it through rent, gas prices, groceries, and bills. And now social media is filled with people saying they feel blindsided that what they expected politically is not matching what they experiencing financially. At the same time, others argue this is part of a larger global economic problem affecting multiple countries, not just America. So the debate keep growing. But one thing is clear, when grocery prices rise, it affects everyone regardless of politics.

[00:11:52]And once everyday Americans start feeling pressure in places like Walmart, Costa, Gross Car, and local grocery stores, that frustration becomes impossible to ignore. So maybe the real question isn't just who to blame. Maybe the real question is what policies can actually help ordinary people afford to live again. Let me know your thoughts in the comments respectfully. And before you go, watch this next clips here. It explains it all. And do well to like and subscribe to my channel. I'll see you in the next