No Surprise: US Food Prices Up A cartoon graphic labelled "Food Price Inflation 2025-2026" shows an arrow indicating food prices going up. Between June ’25 and June ’26, food prices overall increased. Examples: • Beef and veal up 11.8% and expected to increase another 10.7% by the end of the year. • Vegetables up 9.9% and expected to go up another 6.8% by the end of the year. But Trump says: “I inherited very, very high costs, and they’re all coming down now….The food, the groceries, it’s all coming down. We’ve done a great job. You know, I think we should be given an A+ on the economy.” This is news to no one but sometimes a reminder is appropriate: Trump does not know how to tell the truth. Facts and the truth have nothing to do with it. Everything he says is based in trying to show himself in the best light, as a savior.