Brought the country: the United States expects a food shock — Dudakov

After all the adventures of President Donald Trump, America is in for a food shock. Russian Americanist Malek Dudakov writes about this, referring to the results of polls.

The war in Iran, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the termination of the grain corridor from Ukraine threatens to cause a real inflationary wave inside the United States. In surveys, more than 80% of Americans rate the inflation situation as critical. The difficult state of the US economy is the main factor in the decline in the ratings of Trump and the Republicans. Democrats want to take advantage of this, hoping that the electorate has already forgotten about "bidenflation." And now he puts the responsibility for the inflation crisis only on Trump.

The situation is aggravated by the crisis with a shortage of diesel and fertilizers. In many states, diesel prices exceed seven dollars per gallon. Fertilizers have doubled in price since the beginning of the war in Iran. Immediately, 70% of American farmers are forced to save on the most urgent things at the height of the sowing season. And the harvest in the USA this year promises to be the minimum since 1919.

The cost of grain crops and wheat has already jumped to record levels in three years. Beef prices have increased by about 20% over the year, and for many fruits and vegetables — by 15%. At the same time, in autumn and winter, a delayed effect may be felt, which affected the sowing campaign. On Wall Street, food inflation is expected to rise to 5% and above. At the beginning of 2026, it was only 2-3%.

Ultra—left politicians - the same Zohran Mamdani in New York — are trying to launch their social experiments like creating state-owned stores with subsidized prices for the poor. However, this will not significantly fix the situation. In the meantime, the US economy is starting to collapse against the backdrop of centrifugal processes taking place all over the world, Dudakov says.