After spending seven months on vacation while airplanes fell out of the sky, Transportation Secretary Duffy is now encouraging folks to take road trips... when gas is $4.50 a gallon nationwide.
Families can't afford to fly or drive in Trump's economy.
With gas at $4.55 a gallon, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says "we're in a good place" for fuel prices, and urges Americans to drive this summer, saying "we encourage all Americans to take a road trip"
Over 670 comments. That's the amount of “annoyed” readers who shared their experiences with the Annoyance Economy after the latest @nytimes write-up of our paper.
What's your experience with the annoyance economy?
Spirit Airlines shutting down is bad news.
“Spirit is emblematic of what most Americans are feeling right now – which is a real gut punch around increasing gas prices. We’re all Spirit Airlines, when it comes to feeling really distressed & worried about high gas prices.”
Did Mother’s Day feel more expensive this year? That’s because it was.
Americans spent an estimated $441M MORE celebrating moms this year as Trump’s tariffs and rising costs tied to his illegal war in Iran drove up prices on everything from flowers to brunch.
This Mother’s Day, your mom’s favorite flowers got more expensive. 💐 Thanks to Trump’s tariffs and higher costs at the pump due to his illegal war in Iran, the average cost of bouquets went up by 16%! We need to lower costs now and help families make ends meet.
The Administration’s tariffs are raising prices across the board — yes, even for flowers and chocolate ahead of Mother’s Day.
Flowers this Mother’s Day: $441 million more expensive.
As you head to the store to buy those bouquets, Donald Trump has jacked up the price by over 16% with his tariffs on imported flowers — causing consumers to spend an additional $441 million.
Just another way Trump is
Trump’s tariffs are putting a thorn in Mother’s Day this year.
With 80% of flowers imported, Trump’s tariffs and his war are driving up the cost of bouquets.
Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. Want to buy your mom a bouquet to express your love and gratitude?
Thanks to Trump’s tariffs, flower costs have gone up 16% compared to one year ago.
His Holiness - he's just like us.
Over the past two decades, time spent on the phone with customer service is up 60%.
Even the Pope can't escape the annoyance economy.
Trump’s tariffs are driving up costs across the economy. Even Mother’s Day is getting more expensive this year, with flower prices up 16%.
@ENPancotti says wages aren’t keeping up with prices, adding pressure to already-strained household budgets.
This year for Mother's Day, shoppers will spend an estimated $441 million MORE on moms this year compared to last year, as flower prices surge 16% higher.
Our @ENPancotti on @MSNOWNews on how Trump's tariffs have made mother's day a much more expensive ordeal.
Spirit Airlines is dead & that's bad news for anyone concerned about the cost of airfare & quality of service when flying.
Delta's already announced they won't serve free drinks & snacks on flights anymore.
We now have fewer choices, higher fares, & no Biscoff cookies.
Big news: Molly Claflin is joining our team as a Senior Fellow to lead our corporate oversight & corruption work.
As @owenslindsay1 said: we need "fearless investigators who know how to hold the powerful to account."
Join us in welcoming Molly to the team!
Today’s preliminary consumer sentiment reading fell again to a new record low of 48.2, breaking last month’s all-time low in the survey’s 74-year history. The index is down 14.8% since the Iran war began and 32.8% since Trump took office.
