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Trump’s economy is doing so well that Fox News is telling people not to buy Christmas gifts for loved ones – 19 bleakly funny reactions
It’s the kind of message a businessman like Donald Trump should never want to hear.
Amid ongoing dissatisfaction with his economic policies and the cost of living, the Trump-supporting Fox News had a novel suggestion for hard-pressed Americans feeling the pinch: don’t buy Christmas gifts.
Fox guest on how to save money during the holidays:
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift." pic.twitter.com/nO0d6KLh2C
— FactPost (@factpostnews) November 17, 2025
Jade Warshaw, a financial specialist, was a guest on Fox News this week and had this advice:
“Remember, adults don’t need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn’t need slippers. If they don’t live by you, don’t get them a gift.”
And a Merry Christmas to you too, Jade!
To be fair, it is in line with Trump’s advice back in May that maybe kids will have “two dolls instead of 30 dolls. And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple bucks more than they would normally.”
As you can imagine, the cheerless advice did not land well with people.
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Fox News is now telling people to save and not buy Christmas gifts for loved ones because Trump is doing such a good job “Remember, adults don't need gifts… Grandma doesn't need slippers.” Trump’s economy sucks and they know it pic.twitter.com/uADGBzIgYq
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) November 17, 2025
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"fuck grandma" is a hell of a message from Republicans to close the year https://t.co/PATCseAuMl
— Sam Alberti (@sam_alberti) November 17, 2025
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So sad really – and she’s so … cheery- about not buying slippers for Grandma
— Barbara Crampton (@barbaracrampton) November 18, 2025
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Fox 2024: "They're waging war on Christmas!"
Fox 2025: "Fuck Christmas!"
— AncloteYakker (@AncloteYakker) November 17, 2025
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"Grandma doesn't need slippers because she's going to lose her feet when she can't get health insurance"
— Lavender Gooms (@biggiesmediums) November 17, 2025
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Telling people not to buy things is absolutely a sure fire sign of a fantastic economy
— TMeb (@WufpakRed) November 17, 2025
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Sounds like a war on Christmas
— Farrah Oxford (@OxfordFarr66929) November 17, 2025
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“Your lonely old grandma on a fixed income doesn’t need to know you’re thinking of her.”
— Lulu Addict (@LuluAddict) November 18, 2025
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So, there isn’t enough money to get grandma a pair of slippers at Christmas during Trump’s “Golden Age?”
I thought he ended inflation and prices were down on everything as were the unemployment numbers.
It’s almost as if the two messages directly contradict each other.
— @CanadianBaconNotBullshit (@satchmo547) November 18, 2025
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— ☄️MꟻM (@mexicanfrommars) November 17, 2025
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Next they will be like, “Don’t forget, you can survive on only water for about a month.”
— John Collins (@Logically_JC) November 18, 2025
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They went from "it's a new golden age" to "you really don't need gifts for Christmas" in like a month. https://t.co/6hSO4C12nB
— Joshua Reed Eakle (@JoshEakle) November 19, 2025
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This is especially amusing when you consider that Fox News's entire audience is Grandma and Grandpa. https://t.co/qUiyns3pO3
— Jonathan O'Brien (@obrien_jonathan) November 18, 2025
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no actually I am sick of the lack of presents as an adult. bring some whimsy and fun back into adulthood. buy each other presents. https://t.co/DIT1rE3SRz
— Shai Tea Latte (@sunshai_riptide) November 18, 2025
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Guys Trump ruined everything so no one gets gifts this year. @FoxNews https://t.co/eEgQTDEX80
— Timothy Dowling (@TimothyDowling) November 18, 2025
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"Grandma doesn't need slippers" is not a winning message. https://t.co/xNjAImmpVn
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) November 17, 2025
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People so poor during the Trump era Republicans went anti capitalism
— フーリ (FOOLY URAMESHI) BAPE SOULJA (@ChrissaSJE) November 20, 2025
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msnbc should do several weeks of “conservatives hate christmas and gifts” coverage because of this https://t.co/IQl54aBi6u
— scotty (@plathiandc) November 17, 2025
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The Conservative War on Christmas ™ https://t.co/HsSKOyvdum
— emilie (@emiliepfrank) November 17, 2025
Source: Twitter/X/@factpostnews